linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: aarch64: Remove unused functions from vpmu test

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Date:   Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:43:15 +0800
From:   Shaoqin Huang <shahuang@...hat.com>
To:     Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>,
        Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: aarch64: Remove unused functions from
 vpmu test

Hi Raghavendra,

Those functions might be useful for other pmu tests. Recently I just 
wrote a pmu_event_filter_test[1] and use the enable_counter().

There may have more pmu tests which can use the helper functions, so I 
think we can keep it now. And in my series[1], I have moved them into 
the lib/ as the helper function.

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231123063750.2176250-1-shahuang@redhat.com/

Thanks,
Shaoqin

On 11/23/23 06:15, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> vpmu_counter_access's disable_counter() carries a bug that disables
> all the counters that are enabled, instead of just the requested one.
> Fortunately, it's not an issue as there are no callers of it. Hence,
> instead of fixing it, remove the definition entirely.
> 
> Remove enable_counter() as it's unused as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>
> ---
>   .../selftests/kvm/aarch64/vpmu_counter_access.c  | 16 ----------------
>   1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/vpmu_counter_access.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> index 5ea78986e665f..e2f0b720cbfcf 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> @@ -94,22 +94,6 @@ static inline void write_sel_evtyper(int sel, unsigned long val)
>   	isb();
>   }
>   
> -static inline void enable_counter(int idx)
> -{
> -	uint64_t v = read_sysreg(pmcntenset_el0);
> -
> -	write_sysreg(BIT(idx) | v, pmcntenset_el0);
> -	isb();
> -}
> -
> -static inline void disable_counter(int idx)
> -{
> -	uint64_t v = read_sysreg(pmcntenset_el0);
> -
> -	write_sysreg(BIT(idx) | v, pmcntenclr_el0);
> -	isb();
> -}
> -
>   static void pmu_disable_reset(void)
>   {
>   	uint64_t pmcr = read_sysreg(pmcr_el0);