linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/17] arm64: cpufeature: Add cpucap for HPMN0

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Message-ID: <aD4ijUaSGm9b2g5H@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 15:15:41 -0700
From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
To: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/17] arm64: cpufeature: Add cpucap for HPMN0

Hi Colton,

On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 07:26:46PM +0000, Colton Lewis wrote:
> Add a capability for FEAT_HPMN0, whether MDCR_EL2.HPMN can specify 0
> counters reserved for the guest.
> 
> This required changing HPMN0 to an UnsignedEnum in tools/sysreg
> because otherwise not all the appropriate macros are generated to add
> it to arm64_cpu_capabilities_arm64_features.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 8 ++++++++
>  arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps       | 1 +
>  arch/arm64/tools/sysreg        | 6 +++---
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index a3da020f1d1c..578eea321a60 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_mmfr0[] = {
>  };
>  
>  static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64dfr0[] = {
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_HPMN0_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>  	S_ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_DoubleLock_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>  	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMSVer_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>  	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_CTX_CMPs_SHIFT, 4, 0),
> @@ -2884,6 +2885,13 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
>  		.matches = has_cpuid_feature,
>  		ARM64_CPUID_FIELDS(ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1, FGT, FGT2)
>  	},
> +	{
> +		.desc = "Hypervisor PMU Partitioning 0 Guest Counters",

nit: just use the the FEAT_xxx name for the description (i.e. "HPMN0").

Thanks,
Oliver