linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: pmu: Test full-width counter writes support

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Message-Id: <A2E707BF-BF31-4B96-9181-881B5E496938@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:46:12 -0700
From:   Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>, Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: pmu: Test full-width counter writes
 support

> On Jun 16, 2020, at 5:28 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16/06/20 12:49, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> On 29/05/2020 09.43, Like Xu wrote:
>>> When the full-width writes capability is set, use the alternative MSR
>>> range to write larger sign counter values (up to GP counter width).
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>> lib/x86/msr.h |   1 +
>>> x86/pmu.c     | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>> 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>> [...]
>>> @@ -452,6 +468,66 @@ static void check_running_counter_wrmsr(void)
>>> 	report_prefix_pop();
>>> }
>>> 
>>> +static void check_counters(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	check_gp_counters();
>>> +	check_fixed_counters();
>>> +	check_rdpmc();
>>> +	check_counters_many();
>>> +	check_counter_overflow();
>>> +	check_gp_counter_cmask();
>>> +	check_running_counter_wrmsr();
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void do_unsupported_width_counter_write(void *index)
>>> +{
>>> +	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PMC0 + *((int *) index), 0xffffff0123456789ull);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void  check_gp_counters_write_width(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	u64 val_64 = 0xffffff0123456789ull;
>>> +	u64 val_32 = val_64 & ((1ul << 32) - 1);
>> Hi,
>> 
>> this broke compilation on 32-bit hosts:
>> 
>> https://travis-ci.com/github/huth/kvm-unit-tests/jobs/349654654#L710
>> 
>> Fix should be easy, I guess - either use 1ull or specify the mask
>> 0xffffffff directly.
> 
> Or
> 
> u64 val_32 = (u64)(u32) val_64;
> 
> I'll send a patch.

I missed this correspondence, but while running the tests on 32-bit I
encountered two additional cases of wrong masks that caused failures.

I have sent a separate patch for your consideration.