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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <515af040-deec-471f-92df-ca3e4e91e789@linaro.org> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:46:19 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/21] ARM64 PMU Partitioning To: Colton Lewis , kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alexandru Elisei , Paolo Bonzini , Jonathan Corbet , Russell King , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Marc Zyngier , Oliver Upton , Mingwei Zhang , Joey Gouly , Suzuki K Poulose , Zenghui Yu , Mark Rutland , Shuah Khan , Ganapatrao Kulkarni , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org References: <20260612192909.1153907-1-coltonlewis@google.com> Content-Language: en-US From: James Clark In-Reply-To: <20260612192909.1153907-1-coltonlewis@google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/06/2026 8:28 pm, Colton Lewis wrote: > This series creates a new PMU scheme on ARM, a partitioned PMU that > allows reserving a subset of counters for more direct guest access, > significantly reducing overhead. More details, including performance > benchmarks, can be read in the v1 cover letter linked below. > > An overview of what this series accomplishes was presented at KVM > Forum 2025. Slides [1] and video [2] are linked below. > > The kernel command line parameter for the driver still exists, but now > only defines an upper limit of counters the guest might use rather > than taking those counters from the host permanently. > > I would appreciate any discussion on whether that parameter should > still exist as it's an inconvenient enabling gate on the feature that > is no longer required. The question comes down to what, if any, guards > we want against a guest monopolizing all counters on a system. > Hi Colton, The existence of the parameter makes sense, but can't the default be arm_pmuv3.reserved_host_counters=0 instead of -1 (partition disabled)? It's still a bit fiddly having to do two things to make it work, and there's no documentation about what the defaults or other prerequisites are. IMO it's not even trivial to work out that you need to prefix it with "arm_pmuv3.", which documentation would improve. Testing the whole set I ran into a few issues: This warn is hit when there is some kind of interaction with sleeping. I tried to bisect it but it only appears on the last commit when the option to enable partitioning is added. /* * ARM pmu always has to reprogram the period, so ignore * PERF_EF_RELOAD, see the comment below. */ if (flags & PERF_EF_RELOAD) WARN_ON_ONCE(!(hwc->state & PERF_HES_UPTODATE)); Steps to reproduce: Host (arm_pmuv3.reserved_host_counters=0): $ sudo perf stat -C 2 -e \ 'branches,branches,branches,branches,branches,branches' $ sudo taskset --cpu-list 2 ./lkvm run --kernel \ /boot/vmlinux-7.1.0-rc7+ -m 1024 -c 1 --pmu Guest: $ sleep 1 WARNING: drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c:302 at cpu_pm_pmu_notify+0x278/0x2c0, CPU#2: swapper/2/0 Call trace: cpu_pm_pmu_notify+0x278/0x2c0 (P) notifier_call_chain+0x84/0x1d0 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x24/0x38 cpu_pm_exit+0x34/0x68 acpi_processor_ffh_lpi_enter+0x40/0x78 acpi_idle_lpi_enter+0x54/0x78 cpuidle_enter_state+0xb4/0x248 cpuidle_enter+0x44/0x68 do_idle+0x21c/0x300 cpu_startup_entry+0x40/0x50 secondary_start_kernel+0x120/0x150 __secondary_switched+0xc0/0xc8 When running the guest on a single CPU I get different counts for the same event for a single process, although this never happens on a host. I think there might even be some Perf tests which expect them to be the same, and this doesn't depend on whether any events are running on the host or not. Not sure if you ran all the Perf selftests in a guest or not? I'm not sure if the exception level filtering isn't working or there is something wrong with freezing. Doesn't the host PMU driver need to freeze with HPME? I see it's still doing it with PMCR_EL0.E which freezes the guest's counters now doesn't it? Host (arm_pmuv3.reserved_host_counters=0): $ sudo taskset --cpu-list 2 ./lkvm run --kernel \ /boot/vmlinux-7.1.0-rc7+ -m 1024 -c 1 --pmu Guest: $ perf stat -e branches,branches true Performance counter stats for 'true': 167963 branches 160925 branches $ perf stat -e branches,branches,branches,branches,branches true Performance counter stats for 'true': 164425 branches 164425 branches 164425 branches 157743 branches 157743 branches When running the guest on two CPUs I just get zeros. Do the kvm selftests not catch this? Or is it something to do with my setup: Host (arm_pmuv3.reserved_host_counters=0): $ sudo taskset --cpu-list 2-3 ./lkvm run --kernel \ /boot/vmlinux-7.1.0-rc7+ -m 1024 -c 1 --pmu Guest: $ perf stat -e branches,branches true Performance counter stats for 'true': 0 branches 0 branches I also noticed I get the "squeezed" warning printed after launching the guest but not using Perf. This comment implies that not using counters makes it a nop: /* * If we aren't guest-owned then we know the guest isn't using * the PMU anyway, so no need to bother with the swap. */ if (vcpu->arch.pmu.access != VCPU_PMU_ACCESS_GUEST_OWNED) return; But maybe linux is touching them in a way that makes them guest owned, even on probe? Or is the guest/host ownership tracking not working, I didn't look too hard. Finally I think there are 3 critical Sashiko comments on this version. If they're false positives, then maybe some comments in the code or commit messages could reassure it. Thanks James > v8: > > * Rebase on top of v7.1-rc7. > > * Implement Oliver Upton's accessor proposal to centralize PMU > register access and simplify trap handlers. Instead of one singular > accessor, implement as two because the read and write paths are > always different anyway. > > * Introduce the partitioning flag along with the > kvm_pmu_is_partitioned predicate > > * Don't use ifdef for partitioning predicates as that can be handled > by has_vhe > > * Clean up MDCR_EL2 handling by open-coding use_fgt and hpmn and > unconditionally setting RES0 bits. > > * Use {read,write}_pmcrcntrn in context swaps > > * Put operators on preceeding lines > > * Rename hw_cntr_mask to hw_cntr_impl to clarify it tracks the number > of counters implemented by hardware > > * Use GENMASK_ULL in mask functions returning u64 > > * warn_once when host events are squeezed out by guest counter > allocations. > > * Address Sashiko AI Review findings: > > - Critical fixes for lazy PMU context swaps (ensuring guest state is > loaded on transition to GUEST_OWNED), PMSELR_EL0 trapping to > prevent stale selector index, and masking guest PMCR_EL0 writes to > prevent host reset. > > - High priority fixes for lock safety (disabling IRQs when acquiring > perf context lock), disabling guest counters on vCPU put, > preserving VHE host profiling in MDCR_EL2, waking halted vCPUs on > guest PMU interrupts, masking host configuration leaks, preemption > safety in per-CPU accesses, emulating PMCR.N reads, and preventing > data races in PMOVSSET_EL0 accesses. > > - Medium/Low fixes for user-access fallback safety, VM-wide state > modification restrictions, selftests type safety, and cleanup of > unused fields and typos. > > v7: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20260504211813.1804997-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v6: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20260209221414.2169465-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v5: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20251209205121.1871534-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v4: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20250714225917.1396543-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v3: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250626200459.1153955-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v2: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250620221326.1261128-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > v1: > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250602192702.2125115-1-coltonlewis@google.com/ > > [1] https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/kvm-forum/-/raw/main/_attachments/2025/Optimizing__itvHkhc.pdf > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzZ8jMIA6M&list=PLW3ep1uCIRfxwmllXTOA2txfDWN6vUOHp&index=9 > > Colton Lewis (20): > arm64: cpufeature: Add cpucap for HPMN0 > KVM: arm64: Reorganize PMU functions > perf: arm_pmuv3: Generalize counter bitmasks > perf: arm_pmuv3: Check cntr_mask before using pmccntr > perf: arm_pmuv3: Allocate counter indices from high to low > perf: arm_pmuv3: Add method to partition the PMU > KVM: arm64: Set up FGT for Partitioned PMU > KVM: arm64: Add Partitioned PMU register trap handlers > KVM: arm64: Set up MDCR_EL2 to handle a Partitioned PMU > KVM: arm64: Context swap Partitioned PMU guest registers > KVM: arm64: Enforce PMU event filter at vcpu_load() > perf: Add perf_pmu_resched_update() > KVM: arm64: Apply dynamic guest counter reservations > KVM: arm64: Implement lazy PMU context swaps > perf: arm_pmuv3: Handle IRQs for Partitioned PMU guest counters > KVM: arm64: Detect overflows for the Partitioned PMU > KVM: arm64: Add vCPU device attr to partition the PMU > KVM: selftests: Add find_bit to KVM library > KVM: arm64: selftests: Add test case for Partitioned PMU > KVM: arm64: selftests: Relax testing for exceptions when partitioned > > Marc Zyngier (1): > KVM: arm64: Reorganize PMU includes > > arch/arm/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h | 18 + > arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h | 12 +- > arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 17 +- > arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_types.h | 6 +- > arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 2 + > arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 10 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 2 + > arch/arm64/kvm/config.c | 41 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c | 30 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-direct.c | 507 ++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 684 +---------------- > arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c | 720 ++++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 271 +++++-- > arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 1 + > arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 6 +- > drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c | 136 +++- > include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 93 ++- > include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h | 8 + > include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h | 14 +- > include/linux/perf_event.h | 3 + > kernel/events/core.c | 31 +- > tools/include/perf/arm_pmuv3.h | 12 +- > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 + > .../selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c | 112 ++- > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/find_bit.c | 2 + > 26 files changed, 1918 insertions(+), 823 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-direct.c > create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/find_bit.c > > > base-commit: 4549871118cf616eecdd2d939f78e3b9e1dddc48