linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 08/12] KVM: arm64: PMU: Allow userspace to limit PMCR

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Message-ID: <CAJHc60y+xwV3oYk7-YxE1WiOfnSNFzroM419UDJwTeb=MCJdkA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:11:17 -0700
From:   Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>
To:     Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
        Shaoqin Huang <shahuang@...hat.com>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>,
        Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@...gle.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/12] KVM: arm64: PMU: Allow userspace to limit
 PMCR_EL0.N for the guest

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 2:54 PM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 08:53:16PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > Hi Raghu,
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 12:30:25AM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> > > From: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>
> > >
> > > KVM does not yet support userspace modifying PMCR_EL0.N (With
> > > the previous patch, KVM ignores what is written by upserspace).
> >
> > typo: userspace
> >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> > > index ce7de6bbdc967..39ad56a71ad20 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> > > @@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ int kvm_arm_set_vm_pmu(struct kvm *kvm, struct arm_pmu *arm_pmu)
> > >      * while the latter does not.
> > >      */
> > >     kvm->arch.pmcr_n = arm_pmu->num_events - 1;
> > > +   kvm->arch.pmcr_n_limit = arm_pmu->num_events - 1;
> >
> > Can't we just get at this through the arm_pmu instance rather than
> > copying it into kvm_arch?
> >
> > >     return 0;
> > >  }
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> > > index 2075901356c5b..c01d62afa7db4 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> > > @@ -1086,6 +1086,51 @@ static int get_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r,
> > >     return 0;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static int set_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r,
> > > +               u64 val)
> > > +{
> > > +   struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
> > > +   u64 new_n, mutable_mask;
> > > +   int ret = 0;
> > > +
> > > +   new_n = FIELD_GET(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N, val);
> > > +
> > > +   mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
> > > +   if (unlikely(new_n != kvm->arch.pmcr_n)) {
> > > +           /*
> > > +            * The vCPU can't have more counters than the PMU
> > > +            * hardware implements.
> > > +            */
> > > +           if (new_n <= kvm->arch.pmcr_n_limit)
> > > +                   kvm->arch.pmcr_n = new_n;
> > > +           else
> > > +                   ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +   }
> >
> > Hmm, I'm not so sure about returning an error here. ABI has it that
> > userspace can write any value to PMCR_EL0 successfully. Can we just
> > ignore writes that attempt to set PMCR_EL0.N to something higher than
> > supported by hardware? Our general stance should be that system register
> > fields responsible for feature identification are immutable after the VM
> > has started.
>
> I hacked up my reply and dropped some context; this doesn't read right.
> Shaoqin made the point about preventing changes to PMCR_EL0.N after the
> VM has started and I firmly agree. The behavior should be:
>
>  - Writes to PMCR always succeed
>
>  - PMCR_EL0.N values greater than what's supported by hardware are
>    ignored
>
>  - Changes to N after the VM has started are ignored.
>
Reiji and I were wondering if we should proceed with this as this
would change userspace expectation. BTW, when you said "ignored", does
that mean we silently return to userspace with a success or with EBUSY
(changing the expectations)?

Thank you.
Raghavendra
> --
> Thanks,
> Oliver