[RFC/PATCH 2/3] pseries/kvm: Clear PSSCR[ESL|EC] bits before guest entry

Gautham R Shenoy ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Apr 7 22:33:44 AEST 2020


Hello Nicholas,

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 03:01:03PM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 12:20:26PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:


[..snip..]
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c            |  2 +-
> > >  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 25 +++++++++++++------------
> > >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > > index cdb7224..36d059a 100644
> > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > > @@ -3424,7 +3424,7 @@ static int kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
> > >  	mtspr(SPRN_IC, vcpu->arch.ic);
> > >  	mtspr(SPRN_PID, vcpu->arch.pid);
> > >  
> > > -	mtspr(SPRN_PSSCR, vcpu->arch.psscr | PSSCR_EC |
> > > +	mtspr(SPRN_PSSCR, (vcpu->arch.psscr  & ~(PSSCR_EC | PSSCR_ESL)) |
> > >  	      (local_paca->kvm_hstate.fake_suspend << PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG));
> > >  
> > >  	mtspr(SPRN_HFSCR, vcpu->arch.hfscr);
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > index dbc2fec..c2daec3 100644
> > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > @@ -823,6 +823,18 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
> > >  	mtspr	SPRN_PID, r7
> > >  	mtspr	SPRN_WORT, r8
> > >  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> > > +	/* POWER9-only registers */
> > > +	ld	r5, VCPU_TID(r4)
> > > +	ld	r6, VCPU_PSSCR(r4)
> > > +	lbz	r8, HSTATE_FAKE_SUSPEND(r13)
> > > +	lis 	r7, (PSSCR_EC | PSSCR_ESL)@h /* Allow guest to call stop */
> > > +	andc	r6, r6, r7
> > > +	rldimi	r6, r8, PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG, 63 - PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG
> > > +	ld	r7, VCPU_HFSCR(r4)
> > > +	mtspr	SPRN_TIDR, r5
> > > +	mtspr	SPRN_PSSCR, r6
> > > +	mtspr	SPRN_HFSCR, r7
> > > +FTR_SECTION_ELSE
> > 
> > Why did you move these around? Just because the POWER9 section became
> > larger than the other?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 
> > That's a real wart in the instruction patching implementation, I think
> > we can fix it by padding with nops in the macros.
> > 
> > Can you just add the additional required nops to the top branch without
> > changing them around for this patch, so it's easier to see what's going
> > on? The end result will be the same after patching. Actually changing
> > these around can have a slight unintended consequence in that code that
> > runs before features were patched will execute the IF code. Not a
> > problem here, but another reason why the instruction patching 
> > restriction is annoying.
> 
> Sure, I will repost this patch with additional nops instead of
> moving them around.
> 

Below is the same patch without rearranging the FTR_SECTION blocks,
but with an extra nop. 

---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c            | 2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index c52871c..efa7d3e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ static int kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
 	mtspr(SPRN_IC, vcpu->arch.ic);
 	mtspr(SPRN_PID, vcpu->arch.pid);
 
-	mtspr(SPRN_PSSCR, vcpu->arch.psscr | PSSCR_EC |
+	mtspr(SPRN_PSSCR, (vcpu->arch.psscr  & ~(PSSCR_EC | PSSCR_ESL)) |
 	      (local_paca->kvm_hstate.fake_suspend << PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG));
 
 	mtspr(SPRN_HFSCR, vcpu->arch.hfscr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index 780a499..83a69dc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -833,12 +833,14 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	mtspr	SPRN_CSIGR, r7
 	mtspr	SPRN_TACR, r8
 	nop
+	nop
 FTR_SECTION_ELSE
 	/* POWER9-only registers */
 	ld	r5, VCPU_TID(r4)
 	ld	r6, VCPU_PSSCR(r4)
 	lbz	r8, HSTATE_FAKE_SUSPEND(r13)
-	oris	r6, r6, PSSCR_EC at h	/* This makes stop trap to HV */
+	lis 	r7, (PSSCR_EC | PSSCR_ESL)@h /* Allow guest to call stop */
+	andc	r6, r6, r7
 	rldimi	r6, r8, PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG, 63 - PSSCR_FAKE_SUSPEND_LG
 	ld	r7, VCPU_HFSCR(r4)
 	mtspr	SPRN_TIDR, r5
-- 
Thanks and Regards
gautham.


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