Re: [PATCH v6 13/24] RISC-V: KVM: Implement SBI PMU Snapshot feature
From: Andrew Jones
Date: Mon Apr 15 2024 - 09:27:38 EST
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 05:07:41PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote:
> PMU Snapshot function allows to minimize the number of traps when the
> guest access configures/access the hpmcounters. If the snapshot feature
> is enabled, the hypervisor updates the shared memory with counter
> data and state of overflown counters. The guest can just read the
> shared memory instead of trap & emulate done by the hypervisor.
>
> This patch doesn't implement the counter overflow yet.
>
> Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_pmu.h | 7 ++
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_pmu.c | 3 +
> 3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>