target/arm/cpu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ target/arm/cpu.h | 4 ++++ target/arm/kvm.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
Add CPU properties to configure KVM ARM64 PMU counter partitioning:
- 'pmu-partition' (bool): enables KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_ENABLE_PARTITION
- 'pmu-num-counters' (uint32): sets KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_SET_NR_COUNTERS
When 'pmu-partition=on' and 'pmu-num-counters=N' are passed via -cpu,
QEMU enables hardware PMU partitioning and reserves N general-purpose
event counters for the guest prior to calling KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT.
Note that this patch is an example to demonstrate the KVM ARM64 PMU
Partitioning uAPI [1]. That is why it aborts immediately if setting the
device attributes does not succeed.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20260924172928.2110956-1-coltonlewis@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
---
target/arm/cpu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
target/arm/cpu.h | 4 ++++
target/arm/kvm.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index f58a1db843..7538c6a24c 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,20 @@ static bool arm_get_pmu(Object *obj, Error **errp)
return cpu->has_pmu;
}
+static bool arm_get_pmu_partition(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+ ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+ return cpu->kvm_pmu_partition;
+}
+
+static void arm_set_pmu_partition(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
+{
+ ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+ cpu->kvm_pmu_partition = value;
+}
+
static void arm_set_pmu(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
{
ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
@@ -1604,6 +1618,12 @@ static void arm_cpu_post_init(Object *obj)
if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_PMU)) {
cpu->has_pmu = true;
object_property_add_bool(obj, "pmu", arm_get_pmu, arm_set_pmu);
+ object_property_add_bool(obj, "pmu-partition",
+ arm_get_pmu_partition,
+ arm_set_pmu_partition);
+ object_property_add_uint32_ptr(obj, "pmu-num-counters",
+ &cpu->kvm_pmu_nr_counters,
+ OBJ_PROP_FLAG_READWRITE);
}
/*
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index e3f931dba2..1320e76fd4 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1004,6 +1004,10 @@ struct ArchCPU {
bool has_el3;
/* CPU has PMU (Performance Monitor Unit) */
bool has_pmu;
+ /* CPU has PMU Partitioning enabled in KVM mode */
+ bool kvm_pmu_partition;
+ /* Number of PMU counters allocated to guest in KVM mode */
+ uint32_t kvm_pmu_nr_counters;
/* CPU has VFP */
bool has_vfp;
/* CPU has 32 VFP registers */
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index ed99be7fd8..3aa8243278 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,10 @@ static bool kvm_arm_set_device_attr(ARMCPU *cpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr,
return true;
}
+#ifndef KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_ENABLE_PARTITION
+#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_ENABLE_PARTITION 5
+#endif
+
void kvm_arm_pmu_init(ARMCPU *cpu)
{
struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
@@ -1856,6 +1860,34 @@ void kvm_arm_pmu_init(ARMCPU *cpu)
if (!cpu->has_pmu) {
return;
}
+
+ if (cpu->kvm_pmu_partition) {
+ uint32_t partition = 1;
+ struct kvm_device_attr part_attr = {
+ .group = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL,
+ .attr = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_ENABLE_PARTITION,
+ .addr = (intptr_t)&partition,
+ };
+
+ if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cpu, &part_attr, "PMU partition")) {
+ error_report("failed to enable KVM PMU partition");
+ abort();
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (cpu->kvm_pmu_nr_counters > 0) {
+ struct kvm_device_attr cnt_attr = {
+ .group = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL,
+ .attr = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_SET_NR_COUNTERS,
+ .addr = (intptr_t)&cpu->kvm_pmu_nr_counters,
+ };
+
+ if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cpu, &cnt_attr, "PMU nr_counters")) {
+ error_report("failed to set KVM PMU nr_counters");
+ abort();
+ }
+ }
+
if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cpu, &attr, "PMU")) {
error_report("failed to init PMU");
abort();
base-commit: 014b1f730c0faa08067f8e9b5829e62ea3d4b177
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