Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Expose PMMIR_EL1.SLOTS to guests

From: kernel test robot

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 00:15:08 EST


Hi Congkai,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on 1702da76e017ae0fbe1a92b07bc332972c293e89]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Congkai-Tan/KVM-arm64-Expose-PMMIR_EL1-SLOTS-to-guests/20260602-034527
base: 1702da76e017ae0fbe1a92b07bc332972c293e89
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260601193954.2103455-1-congkai%40amazon.com
patch subject: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Expose PMMIR_EL1.SLOTS to guests
config: arm64-randconfig-r123-20260602 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260602/202606021209.2lvgE216-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: aarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.5.0
sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260602/202606021209.2lvgE216-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606021209.2lvgE216-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c: In function 'access_pmmir':
>> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c:1391:28: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct arm_pmu'
1391 | p->regval = cpu_pmu->reg_pmmir & ARMV8_PMU_SLOTS;
| ^~


vim +1391 arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c

1373
1374 /*
1375 * Expose only PMMIR_EL1.SLOTS to the guest, which is consumed by perf in its
1376 * topdown default metric group. Other PMMIR_EL1 fields remain RAZ. Future
1377 * patches can extend the exposed mask incrementally as KVM gains support for
1378 * those features.
1379 */
1380 static bool access_pmmir(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
1381 const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
1382 {
1383 struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu = vcpu->kvm->arch.arm_pmu;
1384
1385 if (p->is_write)
1386 return write_to_read_only(vcpu, p, r);
1387
1388 if (check_pmu_access_disabled(vcpu, 0))
1389 return false;
1390
> 1391 p->regval = cpu_pmu->reg_pmmir & ARMV8_PMU_SLOTS;
1392 return true;
1393 }
1394

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