From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
To: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 17/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move setting HDEC after switching to guest LPCR
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:59:57 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1614383980.ftu5gtbvbm.astroid@bobo.none> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735xiyebs.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
Excerpts from Fabiano Rosas's message of February 27, 2021 2:38 am:
> Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> LPCR[HDICE]=0 suppresses hypervisor decrementer exceptions on some
>> processors, so it must be enabled before HDEC is set.
>>
>> Rather than set it in the host LPCR then setting HDEC, move the HDEC
>> update to after the guest MMU context (including LPCR) is loaded.
>> There shouldn't be much concern with delaying HDEC by some 10s or 100s
>> of nanoseconds by setting it a bit later.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
>> index d4770b222d7e..63cc92c45c5d 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
>> @@ -3490,23 +3490,13 @@ static int kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
>> host_dawrx1 = mfspr(SPRN_DAWRX1);
>> }
>>
>> - /*
>> - * P8 and P9 suppress the HDEC exception when LPCR[HDICE] = 0,
>> - * so set HDICE before writing HDEC.
>> - */
>> - mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, kvm->arch.host_lpcr | LPCR_HDICE);
>> - isync();
>> -
>> - hdec = time_limit - mftb();
>
> Would it be possible to leave the mftb() in this patch and then replace
> them all at once in patch 20/37 - "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mftb
> per guest entry/exit"?
I suppose that makes sense. I'll see how that looks.
Thanks,
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-27 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-25 13:46 [PATCH v2 00/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S: C-ify the P9 entry/exit code Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 01/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: remove unused kvmppc_h_protect argument Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 5:01 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-26 23:50 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 4:45 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix CONFIG_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU=n default hcalls Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 5:21 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 03/37] powerpc/64s: Remove KVM handler support from CBE_RAS interrupts Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 04/37] powerpc/64s: remove KVM SKIP test from instruction breakpoint handler Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 5:44 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-26 23:51 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 05/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Ensure MSR[ME] is always set in guest MSR Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 6:06 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-26 23:55 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 4:50 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 06/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: move KVM interrupt entry to a common entry point Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 5:03 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: Move GUEST_MODE_SKIP test into KVM Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 5:54 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: add hcall interrupt handler Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 6:03 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: Move hcall early register setup to KVM Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-05 6:48 ` Daniel Axtens
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: Move interrupt " Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 11/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: move bad_host_intr check to HV handler Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 12/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S 64: Minimise hcall handler calling convention differences Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 13/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move radix MMU switching instructions together Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 15:56 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-02-26 23:57 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 14/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: implement kvmppc_xive_pull_vcpu in C Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 15/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move xive vcpu context management into kvmhv_p9_guest_entry Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 16/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Stop handling hcalls in real-mode in the P9 path Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 14:51 ` Cédric Le Goater
2021-02-26 23:59 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 17/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move setting HDEC after switching to guest LPCR Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 16:38 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-02-26 23:59 ` Nicholas Piggin [this message]
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 18/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use large decrementer for HDEC Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 19/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Use host timer accounting to avoid decrementer read Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 20/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce mftb per guest entry/exit Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 21/37] powerpc: add set_dec_or_work API for safely updating decrementer Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 22/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Reduce irq_work vs guest decrementer races Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 23/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Implement the rest of the P9 path in C Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-26 22:37 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-02-27 0:21 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-27 0:55 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 24/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: inline kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go into __kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9 Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-02 13:48 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 25/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Read machine check registers while MSR[RI] is 0 Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 26/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Improve exit timing accounting coverage Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 27/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Move SPR loading after expiry time check Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 28/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Add helpers for OS SPR handling Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-02 15:04 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-03-04 11:02 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 29/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Switch to guest MMU context as late as possible Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 30/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement radix prefetch workaround by disabling MMU Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-02 21:21 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-03-04 11:04 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 31/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Remove support for dependent threads mode on P9 Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 32/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Remove radix guest support from P7/8 path Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 33/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: small pseries_do_hcall cleanup Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 34/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: add virtual mode handlers for HPT hcalls and page faults Nicholas Piggin
2021-03-03 20:09 ` Fabiano Rosas
2021-03-04 11:05 ` Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 35/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: implement hash guest support Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 36/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: implement hash host / " Nicholas Piggin
2021-02-25 13:46 ` [PATCH v2 37/37] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: remove POWER9 support from P7/8 paths Nicholas Piggin
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