From: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
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Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
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Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 19/19] KVM: arm64: selftests: Relax testing for exceptions when partitioned
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 22:14:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260209221414.2169465-20-coltonlewis@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260209221414.2169465-1-coltonlewis@google.com>
Because the Partitioned PMU must lean heavily on underlying hardware
support, it can't guarantee an exception occurs when accessing an
invalid pmc index.
The ARM manual specifies that accessing PMEVCNTR<n>_EL0 where n is
greater than the number of counters on the system is constrained
unpredictable when FEAT_FGT is not implemented, and it is desired the
Partitioned PMU still work without FEAT_FGT.
Though KVM could enforce exceptions here since all PMU accesses
without FEAT_FGT are trapped, that creates further difficulties. For
one example, the manual also says that after writing a value to
PMSELR_EL0 greater than the number of counters on a system, direct
reads will return an unknown value, meaning KVM could not rely on the
hardware register to hold the correct value.
Signed-off-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
---
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
index 9702f1d43b832..27b7d7b2a059a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ const char *pmu_impl_str[] = {
struct vpmu_vm {
struct kvm_vm *vm;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+};
+
+struct guest_context {
bool pmu_partitioned;
};
static struct vpmu_vm vpmu_vm;
+static struct guest_context guest_context;
struct pmreg_sets {
uint64_t set_reg_id;
@@ -342,11 +346,16 @@ static void test_access_invalid_pmc_regs(struct pmc_accessor *acc, int pmc_idx)
/*
* Reading/writing the event count/type registers should cause
* an UNDEFINED exception.
+ *
+ * If the pmu is partitioned, we can't guarantee it because
+ * hardware doesn't.
*/
- TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->read_cntr(pmc_idx));
- TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->write_cntr(pmc_idx, 0));
- TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->read_typer(pmc_idx));
- TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->write_typer(pmc_idx, 0));
+ if (!guest_context.pmu_partitioned) {
+ TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->read_cntr(pmc_idx));
+ TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->write_cntr(pmc_idx, 0));
+ TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->read_typer(pmc_idx));
+ TEST_EXCEPTION(ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN, acc->write_typer(pmc_idx, 0));
+ }
/*
* The bit corresponding to the (unimplemented) counter in
* {PMCNTEN,PMINTEN,PMOVS}{SET,CLR} registers should be RAZ.
@@ -459,7 +468,7 @@ static void create_vpmu_vm(void *guest_code, enum pmu_impl impl)
vpmu_vm.vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_ENABLE_PARTITION);
if (!ret) {
vcpu_ioctl(vpmu_vm.vcpu, KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR, &part_attr);
- vpmu_vm.pmu_partitioned = partition;
+ guest_context.pmu_partitioned = partition;
pr_debug("Set PMU partitioning: %d\n", partition);
}
@@ -511,6 +520,7 @@ static void test_create_vpmu_vm_with_nr_counters(
TEST_ASSERT(!ret, KVM_IOCTL_ERROR(KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR, ret));
vcpu_device_attr_set(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL, KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT, NULL);
+ sync_global_to_guest(vpmu_vm.vm, guest_context);
}
/*
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-09 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 22:13 [PATCH v6 00/19] ARM64 PMU Partitioning Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:13 ` [PATCH v6 01/19] arm64: cpufeature: Add cpucap for HPMN0 Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:13 ` [PATCH v6 02/19] KVM: arm64: Reorganize PMU includes Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:13 ` [PATCH v6 03/19] KVM: arm64: Reorganize PMU functions Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:13 ` [PATCH v6 04/19] perf: arm_pmuv3: Introduce method to partition the PMU Colton Lewis
2026-03-11 11:59 ` James Clark
2026-03-12 22:37 ` Colton Lewis
2026-03-11 17:45 ` James Clark
2026-03-12 22:37 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 05/19] perf: arm_pmuv3: Generalize counter bitmasks Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 06/19] perf: arm_pmuv3: Keep out of guest counter partition Colton Lewis
2026-02-25 17:53 ` Colton Lewis
2026-03-11 12:00 ` James Clark
2026-03-12 22:39 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 07/19] KVM: arm64: Set up FGT for Partitioned PMU Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 08/19] KVM: arm64: Define access helpers for PMUSERENR and PMSELR Colton Lewis
2026-02-10 4:30 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-10 5:20 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 09/19] KVM: arm64: Write fast path PMU register handlers Colton Lewis
2026-02-12 9:07 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-02-25 17:45 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 10/19] KVM: arm64: Setup MDCR_EL2 to handle a partitioned PMU Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 11/19] KVM: arm64: Context swap Partitioned PMU guest registers Colton Lewis
2026-03-11 12:01 ` James Clark
2026-03-12 22:39 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 12/19] KVM: arm64: Enforce PMU event filter at vcpu_load() Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 13/19] KVM: arm64: Implement lazy PMU context swaps Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 14/19] perf: arm_pmuv3: Handle IRQs for Partitioned PMU guest counters Colton Lewis
2026-02-10 4:51 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-10 7:32 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 15/19] KVM: arm64: Detect overflows for the Partitioned PMU Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 16/19] KVM: arm64: Add vCPU device attr to partition the PMU Colton Lewis
2026-02-10 5:55 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-05 10:16 ` James Clark
2026-03-12 22:13 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 17/19] KVM: selftests: Add find_bit to KVM library Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v6 18/19] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add test case for partitioned PMU Colton Lewis
2026-02-09 22:14 ` Colton Lewis [this message]
2026-02-10 8:49 ` [PATCH v6 00/19] ARM64 PMU Partitioning Marc Zyngier
2026-02-12 21:08 ` Colton Lewis
2026-02-13 8:11 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-02-25 17:40 ` Colton Lewis
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