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From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
To: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 20/23] arm64: perf: Count EL2 events if the kernel is running in HYP
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:02:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56B4652F.4030407@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160204192301.GG13974@cbox>

On 04/02/16 19:23, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 06:00:13PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> When the kernel is running in HYP (with VHE), it is necessary to
>> include EL2 events if the user requests counting kernel or
>> hypervisor events.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
>> index f7ab14c..6013a38 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>>   */
>>  
>>  #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
>> +#include <asm/virt.h>
>>  
>>  #include <linux/of.h>
>>  #include <linux/perf/arm_pmu.h>
>> @@ -693,10 +694,15 @@ static int armv8pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
>>  		return -EPERM;
>>  	if (attr->exclude_user)
>>  		config_base |= ARMV8_EXCLUDE_EL0;
>> -	if (attr->exclude_kernel)
>> -		config_base |= ARMV8_EXCLUDE_EL1;
>> -	if (!attr->exclude_hv)
>> -		config_base |= ARMV8_INCLUDE_EL2;
>> +	if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode()) {
>> +		if (!attr->exclude_kernel || !attr->exclude_hv)
>> +			config_base |= ARMV8_INCLUDE_EL2;
> 
> is exclude_hv a perf generic construct?

Yes. It seems to be universally used on all architectures.

> is it really correct to count everything the host kernel does (even
> unrelated to running VMs) when counting hypervisor events?

With VHE, the roles are blurred, and the PMU can only count events
occurring when at a given exception level. It has no notion of context.

> Other than my ignorance in this area, this patch looks fine to me.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-05  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-03 17:59 [PATCH v3 00/23] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/23] arm/arm64: KVM: Add hook for C-based stage2 init Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/23] arm64: KVM: Switch to " Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/23] arm/arm64: Add new is_kernel_in_hyp_mode predicate Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 14:41   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/23] arm64: Allow the arch timer to use the HYP timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/23] arm64: Add ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN feature Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 14:42   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/23] arm64: KVM: Skip HYP setup when already running in HYP Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 07/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out use of HVC Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 08/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out kern_hyp_va Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 09/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Introduce unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 10/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Differenciate host/guest sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 11/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Split save/restore of registers shared between guest and host Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:15   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 12/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 13/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Enable minimal sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 14/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Make __fpsimd_enabled VHE aware Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 15/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Implement VHE activate/deactivate_traps Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 16/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified sysreg accessors for timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 17/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add fpsimd enabling on guest access Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 18/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add alternative panic handling Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 19/23] arm64: KVM: Move most of the fault decoding to C Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:20   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 14:44   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 20/23] arm64: perf: Count EL2 events if the kernel is running in HYP Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:23   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-05  9:02     ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2016-02-08 14:48   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 21/23] arm64: hw_breakpoint: Allow EL2 breakpoints if " Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 15:56   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-08 16:45     ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 16:52       ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 22/23] arm64: VHE: Add support for running Linux in EL2 mode Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:25   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 15:58   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 23/23] arm64: Panic when VHE and non VHE CPUs coexist Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:25   ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 16:04   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-08 16:24     ` Mark Rutland
2016-02-09 12:02       ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-04 19:26 ` [PATCH v3 00/23] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Christoffer Dall
2016-02-05  8:56   ` Marc Zyngier

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