Re: [PATCH v2 08/10] KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: free caches when GITS_BASER Valid bit is cleared

[Auger Eric]

Hi Christoffer,

On 13/10/2017 17:19, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 03:28:38PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
>> When the GITS_BASER<n>.Valid gets cleared, the data structures in
>> guest RAM are not provisionned anymore. The device, collection
> 
>                     provisioned
> 
> 		    (but did you really mean valid?)
well the GITS_BASER<n>.Valid bit is reset, meaning the tables may be
freed / un-provisioned by the driver. I can use valid though.

Thanks

Eric
> 
>> and LPI lists stored in the in-kernel ITS represent the same
>> information in some form of cache. So let's void the cache.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> index 0df6d5f..eaefba2 100644
>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>> @@ -1471,8 +1471,9 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
>>  				      unsigned long val)
>>  {
>>  	const struct vgic_its_abi *abi = vgic_its_get_abi(its);
>> -	u64 entry_size, device_type;
>> +	u64 entry_size;
>>  	u64 reg, *regptr, clearbits = 0;
>> +	int type;
>>  
>>  	/* When GITS_CTLR.Enable is 1, we ignore write accesses. */
>>  	if (its->enabled)
>> @@ -1482,12 +1483,12 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
>>  	case 0:
>>  		regptr = &its->baser_device_table;
>>  		entry_size = abi->dte_esz;
>> -		device_type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE;
>> +		type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE;
>>  		break;
>>  	case 1:
>>  		regptr = &its->baser_coll_table;
>>  		entry_size = abi->cte_esz;
>> -		device_type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION;
>> +		type = GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION;
>>  		clearbits = GITS_BASER_INDIRECT;
>>  		break;
>>  	default:
>> @@ -1499,10 +1500,24 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_its_baser(struct kvm *kvm,
>>  	reg &= ~clearbits;
>>  
>>  	reg |= (entry_size - 1) << GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE_SHIFT;
>> -	reg |= device_type << GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT;
>> +	reg |= (u64)type << GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT;
>>  	reg = vgic_sanitise_its_baser(reg);
>>  
>>  	*regptr = reg;
>> +
>> +	if (reg & GITS_BASER_VALID)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	switch (type) {
>> +	case GITS_BASER_TYPE_DEVICE:
>> +		vgic_its_free_device_list(kvm, its);
>> +		break;
>> +	case GITS_BASER_TYPE_COLLECTION:
>> +		vgic_its_free_collection_list(kvm, its);
>> +		break;
>> +	default:
>> +		break;
>> +	}
> 
> This block deserves a comment:
> 	/* Table no longer valid: clear cached data */
> 
> I would also inverse the logic and do it within an if-statement if
> (!(reg & GITS_BASER_VALID)), but it's up to you.
OK
> 
> 
>>  }
>>  
>>  static unsigned long vgic_mmio_read_its_ctlr(struct kvm *vcpu,
>> -- 
>> 2.5.5
>>
> 
> Thanks,
> -Christoffer
>