Thread (29 messages) 29 messages, 4 authors, 2021-09-21

Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] perf: KVM: Fix, optimize, and clean up callbacks

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-09-17 07:29:53
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, linux-perf-users, linux-riscv, lkml, xen-devel

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 09:37:43PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
On Sat, Aug 28, 2021, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
Argh, sorry, I somehow managed to miss all of your replies.  I'll get back to
this series next week.  Thanks for the quick response!
quoted
Lets keep the whole intel_pt crud inside x86...
In theory, I like the idea of burying intel_pt inside x86 (and even in
Intel+VMX code for the most part), but the actual implementation is a
bit gross.  Because of the whole "KVM can be a module" thing,
ARGH!! we should really fix that. I've heard other archs have made much
better choices here.
either
the static call and __static_call_return0 would need to be exported,
or a new register/unregister pair would have to be exported.
So I don't mind exporting __static_call_return0, but exporting a raw
static_call is much like exporting a function pointer :/
The unregister path would also need its own synchronize_rcu().  In general, I
don't love duplicating the logic, but it's not the end of the world.

Either way works for me.  Paolo or Peter, do either of you have a preference?
Can we de-feature kvm as a module and only have this PT functionality
when built-in? :-)

quoted
---
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/events/core.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(x86_pmu_guest_ge
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(x86_guest_state, *(perf_guest_cbs->state));
 DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(x86_guest_get_ip, *(perf_guest_cbs->get_ip));
-DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(x86_guest_handle_intel_pt_intr, *(perf_guest_cbs->handle_intel_pt_intr));
+DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(x86_guest_handle_intel_pt_intr, unsigned int (*)(void));
FWIW, the param needs to be a raw function, not a function pointer. 
Yeah, I keep making that mistake.. and I wrote the bloody thing :/

I have a 'fix' for that, but I need to finish that and also flag-day
change :-(

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YS+0eIeAJsRRArk4@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

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