[PATCH v4 33/53] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Switch PMU to guest as late as possible

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Tue Nov 23 20:52:11 AEDT 2021


This moves PMU switch to guest as late as possible in entry, and switch
back to host as early as possible at exit. This helps the host get the
most perf coverage of KVM entry/exit code as possible.

This is slightly suboptimal for SPR scheduling point of view when the
PMU is enabled, but when perf is disabled there is no real difference.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c          | 6 ++----
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 40bee0d61482..c14467cf23d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -3833,8 +3833,6 @@ static int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, uns
 	s64 dec;
 	int trap;
 
-	switch_pmu_to_guest(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
-
 	save_p9_host_os_sprs(&host_os_sprs);
 
 	/*
@@ -3897,9 +3895,11 @@ static int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, uns
 
 	mtspr(SPRN_DAR, vcpu->arch.shregs.dar);
 	mtspr(SPRN_DSISR, vcpu->arch.shregs.dsisr);
+	switch_pmu_to_guest(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
 	trap = plpar_hcall_norets(H_ENTER_NESTED, __pa(&hvregs),
 				  __pa(&vcpu->arch.regs));
 	kvmhv_restore_hv_return_state(vcpu, &hvregs);
+	switch_pmu_to_host(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
 	vcpu->arch.shregs.msr = vcpu->arch.regs.msr;
 	vcpu->arch.shregs.dar = mfspr(SPRN_DAR);
 	vcpu->arch.shregs.dsisr = mfspr(SPRN_DSISR);
@@ -3918,8 +3918,6 @@ static int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, uns
 
 	restore_p9_host_os_sprs(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
 
-	switch_pmu_to_host(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
-
 	return trap;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
index 6bef509bccb8..619bbcd47b92 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
@@ -601,8 +601,6 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, unsigned long lpc
 	local_paca->kvm_hstate.host_purr = mfspr(SPRN_PURR);
 	local_paca->kvm_hstate.host_spurr = mfspr(SPRN_SPURR);
 
-	switch_pmu_to_guest(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
-
 	save_p9_host_os_sprs(&host_os_sprs);
 
 	/*
@@ -744,7 +742,9 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, unsigned long lpc
 
 	accumulate_time(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.guest_time);
 
+	switch_pmu_to_guest(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
 	kvmppc_p9_enter_guest(vcpu);
+	switch_pmu_to_host(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
 
 	accumulate_time(vcpu, &vcpu->arch.rm_intr);
 
@@ -955,8 +955,6 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit, unsigned long lpc
 		asm volatile(PPC_CP_ABORT);
 
 out:
-	switch_pmu_to_host(vcpu, &host_os_sprs);
-
 	end_timing(vcpu);
 
 	return trap;
-- 
2.23.0



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