From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9F87C4345F for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rwQ9I-0002Bo-Ib; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:29:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rwQ9F-0002B9-CG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:29:41 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rwQ9D-0003RL-41 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:29:40 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1713202178; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=Jcg254LO2l1PxlFadfJBDxirLKjzh+T4Q2nk0YBiGYs=; b=JFzmbouAil25Gb8/jJfBY442NxUpEOFsIEJPzmNncBFHEKT8O/eYma8yD60p83dMalTay5 QmUQD0Hj8ei+QZf3aZYP1TrvIwkm2S8cjkXGgSkp9XAwsRyuSdhgLwRmCZkIjpYshJS00O J5ndomLfnfZEpsTOGAlsGwBe+uN30nk= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx-ext.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-683-dCFN_PqVMxOwqdSj4GB4Ww-1; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:29:33 -0400 X-MC-Unique: dCFN_PqVMxOwqdSj4GB4Ww-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55D5329AA394; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.42.28.20]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36E45C15771; Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:29:31 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:29:25 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Shaoqin Huang Cc: qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Eric Auger , Peter Maydell , Paolo Bonzini , Thomas Huth , Laurent Vivier , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] arm/kvm: Enable support for KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER Message-ID: References: <20240409024940.180107-1-shahuang@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240409024940.180107-1-shahuang@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.8 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-2.185, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 10:49:40PM -0400, Shaoqin Huang wrote: > The KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER provides the ability to let the VMM decide > which PMU events are provided to the guest. Add a new option > `kvm-pmu-filter` as -cpu sub-option to set the PMU Event Filtering. > Without the filter, all PMU events are exposed from host to guest by > default. The usage of the new sub-option can be found from the updated > document (docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst). > > Here is an example which shows how to use the PMU Event Filtering, when > we launch a guest by use kvm, add such command line: > > # qemu-system-aarch64 \ > -accel kvm \ > -cpu host,kvm-pmu-filter="D:0x11-0x11" I'm still against implementing this one-off custom parsed syntax for kvm-pmu-filter values. Once this syntax exists, we're locked into back-compatibility for multiple releases, and it will make a conversion to QAPI/JSON harder. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|