[v2,14/36] KVM: arm64: Remove noop calls to timer save/restore from VHE switch

Commit Message

Christoffer Dall Dec. 14, 2017, 12:30 p.m. UTC

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:02:58AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 07/12/17 17:06, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> > The VHE switch function calls __timer_enable_traps and
> > __timer_disable_traps which don't do anything on VHE systems.
> > Therefore, simply remove these calls from the VHE switch function and
> > make the functions non-conditional as they are now only called from the
> > non-VHE switch path.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <[e-mail]>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c |  2 --
> >  virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c | 36 ++++++++++++++----------------------
> >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > index e783e2371b7c..09aafa0470f7 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > @@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_run_vhe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	__activate_vm(vcpu->kvm);
> >  
> >  	__vgic_restore_state(vcpu);
> > -	__timer_enable_traps(vcpu);
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * We must restore the 32-bit state before the sysregs, thanks
> > @@ -377,7 +376,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_run_vhe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  
> >  	__sysreg_save_guest_state(guest_ctxt);
> >  	__sysreg32_save_state(vcpu);
> > -	__timer_disable_traps(vcpu);
> >  	__vgic_save_state(vcpu);
> >  
> >  	__deactivate_traps(vcpu);
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> > index f24404b3c8df..752b37f9133c 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> > @@ -29,32 +29,24 @@ void __hyp_text __kvm_timer_set_cntvoff(u32 cntvoff_low, u32 cntvoff_high)
> >  
> >  void __hyp_text __timer_disable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> > -	/*
> > -	 * We don't need to do this for VHE since the host kernel runs in EL2
> > -	 * with HCR_EL2.TGE ==1, which makes those bits have no impact.
> > -	 */
> > -	if (!has_vhe()) {
> > -		u64 val;
> > +	u64 val;
> >  
> > -		/* Allow physical timer/counter access for the host */
> > -		val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> > -		val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN | CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> > -		write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> > -	}
> > +	/* Allow physical timer/counter access for the host */
> > +	val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> > +	val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN | CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> > +	write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> >  }
> >  
> >  void __hyp_text __timer_enable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> > -	if (!has_vhe()) {
> > -		u64 val;
> > +	u64 val;
> >  
> > -		/*
> > -		 * Disallow physical timer access for the guest
> > -		 * Physical counter access is allowed
> > -		 */
> > -		val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> > -		val &= ~CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> > -		val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN;
> > -		write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> > -	}
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Disallow physical timer access for the guest
> > +	 * Physical counter access is allowed
> > +	 */
> > +	val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> > +	val &= ~CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> > +	val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN;
> > +	write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> >  }
> > 
> 
> Since we're not testing for !VHE anymore, can you add a small comment
> saying that these two function are for the benefit of !VHE only and
> shouldn't be called on VHE?

Yes, absolutely:



> 
> Otherwise,
> 
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <[e-mail]>
> 

Thanks,
-Christoffer

Patch

diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
index 752b37f9133c..77754a62eb0c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@  void __hyp_text __kvm_timer_set_cntvoff(u32 cntvoff_low, u32 cntvoff_high)
 	write_sysreg(cntvoff, cntvoff_el2);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Should only be called on non-VHE systems.
+ * VHE systems use EL2 timers and configure EL1 timers in kvm_timer_init_vhe().
+ */
 void __hyp_text __timer_disable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u64 val;
@@ -37,6 +41,10 @@  void __hyp_text __timer_disable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Should only be called on non-VHE systems.
+ * VHE systems use EL2 timers and configure EL1 timers in kvm_timer_init_vhe().
+ */
 void __hyp_text __timer_enable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u64 val;