From: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/52] powerpc/64s: guard optional TIDR SPR with CPU ftr test
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:51:57 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgrckguq.fsf@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k0ijm1ty.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> writes:
> Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>> Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The TIDR SPR only exists on POWER9. Avoid accessing it when the
>>> feature bit for it is not set.
>>
>> Not related to this patch, but how does this work with compat mode? A P9
>> compat mode guest would get an invalid instruction when trying to access
>> this SPR?
>
> Good question.
>
> I assume you're talking about P9 compat mode on P10.
>
> In general compat mode only applies to userspace, because it's
> implemented by setting the PCR which only (mostly?) applies to PR=1.
>
> I don't think there's any special casing in the ISA for the TIDR, so I
> think it just falls into the unimplemented SPR case for mt/fspr.
>
> That's documented in Book III section 5.4.4, in particular on page 1171
> it says:
>
> Execution of this instruction specifying an SPR number
> that is undefined for the implementation causes one of
> the following.
> • if spr[0]=0:
> - if MSR[PR]=1: Hypervisor Emulation Assistance interrupt
> - if MSR[PR]=0: Hypervisor Emulation Assistance interrupt for SPR
> 0,4,5, and 6, and no operation (i.e., the instruction is treated
> as a no-op) when LPCR[EVIRT]=0 and Hypervisor Emulation Assistance
> interrupt when LPCR[EVIRT]=1 for all other SPRs
I knew this must have been somewhere in there but had no idea how to
find it. Thanks.
> Linux doesn't set EVIRT, and I assume neither does phyp, so it behaves
> like a nop.
>
> We actually use that behaviour in xmon to detect that an SPR is not
> implemented, by noticing that the mfspr has no effect on the target
> register, see dump_one_spr().
>
> We should really write some docs on compat mode in the linuxppc wiki
> and/or Documentation ;)
Hmm I was not aware we had a wiki. I'll see if I can contribute
something. I need to go learn all this stuff first, though =D.
>
> cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-13 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-04 15:59 [PATCH v3 00/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: entry/exit optimisations Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 15:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/52] powerpc/64s: Remove WORT SPR from POWER9/10 (take 2) Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 15:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/52] powerpc/64s: guard optional TIDR SPR with CPU ftr test Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-11 18:44 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-12 2:08 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-10-13 16:51 ` Fabiano Rosas [this message]
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 03/52] KMV: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use set_dec to set decrementer to host Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 04/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use host timer accounting to avoid decrementer read Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 05/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use large decrementer for HDEC Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 06/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mftb per guest entry/exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 07/52] powerpc/time: add API for KVM to re-arm the host timer/decrementer Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 08/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: POWER10 enable HAIL when running radix guests Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 09/52] powerpc/64s: Keep AMOR SPR a constant ~0 at runtime Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 10/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Don't always save PMU for guest capable of nesting Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:38 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-20 5:26 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 11/52] powerpc/64s: Always set PMU control registers to frozen/disabled when not in use Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 12/52] powerpc/64s: Implement PMU override command line option Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 13/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Implement PMU save/restore in C Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 14/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Factor PMU save/load into context switch functions Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 15/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault PMU SPRs when marked not inuse Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 16/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Factor out yield_count increment Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 17/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: CTRL SPR does not require read-modify-write Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:54 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 18/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move SPRG restore to restore_p9_host_os_sprs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 12:59 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 19/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mtmsrd instructions required to save host SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-16 13:45 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-10-20 5:35 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 20/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Improve mtmsrd scheduling by delaying MSR[EE] disable Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 21/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Add kvmppc_stop_thread to match kvmppc_start_thread Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 22/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Change dec_expires to be relative to guest timebase Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 23/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move TB updates Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 24/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Optimise timebase reads Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 25/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid SPR scoreboard stalls Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 26/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Only execute mtSPR if the value changed Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 27/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Juggle SPR switching around Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 28/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move vcpu register save/restore into functions Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 29/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move host OS save/restore functions to built-in Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 30/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move nested guest entry into its own function Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 31/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move remaining SPR and MSR access into low level entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 32/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Implement TM fastpath for guest entry/exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 33/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Switch PMU to guest as late as possible Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 34/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Restrict DSISR canary workaround to processors that require it Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 35/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: More SPR speed improvements Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 36/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault EBB facility registers Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 37/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Demand fault TM " Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 38/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use Linux SPR save/restore to manage some host SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 39/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Comment and fix MMU context switching code Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 40/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Test dawr_enabled() before saving host DAWR SPRs Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 41/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Don't restore PSSCR if not needed Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 42/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid tlbsync sequence on radix guest exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 43/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV Nested: Avoid extra mftb() in nested entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 44/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Improve mfmsr performance on entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 45/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Optimise hash guest SLB saving Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 46/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid changing MSR[RI] in entry and exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 47/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Add unlikely annotation for !mmu_ready Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 48/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Avoid cpu_in_guest atomics on entry and exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 49/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Remove most of the vcore logic Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 50/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Tidy kvmppc_create_dtl_entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 51/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Stop using vc->dpdes Nicholas Piggin
2021-10-04 16:00 ` [PATCH v3 52/52] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Remove subcore HMI handling Nicholas Piggin
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