Re: [RESEND RFCv2 1/1] platform/x86: Add virtual PMC driver used for S2Idle

Sean Christopherson
2023-02-09T21:26:42Z

On Thu, Feb 09, 2023, Grzegorz Jaszczyk wrote:
> Virtual PMC driver is meant for the guest VMs for the S2Idle
> notification. Its purpose is to register S2Idle dev ops check handler,
> which will evaluate ACPI _DSM just before the guest enters S2Idle power
> state.
>
> This allows to trap on MMIO access done as a consequence of _DSM
> evaluation and therefore notify the VMM about the guest entering S2Idle
> state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaz@semihalf.com>
> ---
> Changelog v1..v2:
> - Take advantage of acpi_s2idle_dev_ops's check() instead of notify()
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 7 ++++
> drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 3 ++
> drivers/platform/x86/virt_pmc.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 83 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/virt_pmc.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index 5692385e2d26..b7c3f98031d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1099,6 +1099,13 @@ config WINMATE_FM07_KEYS
> buttons below the display. This module adds an input device
> that delivers key events when these buttons are pressed.
>
> +config VIRT_PMC
> + tristate "Virt PMC"

Maybe spell out "Virtual Power Management Controller"? See below.

> + depends on ACPI && SUSPEND

I think it makes sense to take a dependency on HYPERVISOR_GUEST. It's not strictly
required, but taking that dependency helps clarify that this is a guest-side thing,
e.g. "virtual PMC" in KVM-land means "virtual performance monitoring counter".

And IMO, disabling HYPERVISOR_GUEST should disable these type of guest-specific
features.