KVM: arm64: Reset the PMU in preemptible context
authorMarc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:37:44 +0000 (17:37 +0000)
committerMarc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:56:24 +0000 (17:56 +0000)
We've become very cautious to now always reset the vcpu when nothing
is loaded on the physical CPU. To do so, we now disable preemption
and do a kvm_arch_vcpu_put() to make sure we have all the state
in memory (and that it won't be loaded behind out back).

This now causes issues with resetting the PMU, which calls into perf.
Perf itself uses mutexes, which clashes with the lack of preemption.
It is worth realizing that the PMU is fully emulated, and that
no PMU state is ever loaded on the physical CPU. This means we can
perfectly reset the PMU outside of the non-preemptible section.

Fixes: e761a927bc9a ("KVM: arm/arm64: Reset the VCPU without preemption and vcpu state loaded")
Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
Tested-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c

index f16a5f8ff2b41fa4284da58d1d2caf7af7b46e7b..e2a0500cd7a27c9ecc5326dd2380f23917309f91 100644 (file)
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
        int ret = -EINVAL;
        bool loaded;
 
+       /* Reset PMU outside of the non-preemptible section */
+       kvm_pmu_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
+
        preempt_disable();
        loaded = (vcpu->cpu != -1);
        if (loaded)
@@ -170,9 +173,6 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
                vcpu->arch.reset_state.reset = false;
        }
 
-       /* Reset PMU */
-       kvm_pmu_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
-
        /* Default workaround setup is enabled (if supported) */
        if (kvm_arm_have_ssbd() == KVM_SSBD_KERNEL)
                vcpu->arch.workaround_flags |= VCPU_WORKAROUND_2_FLAG;