Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Disable instret/cycle for VU mode by default

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On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The KVM virtualizes PMU in RISC-V and disables all counter access except
> TM bit by default vi hstateen CSR. There is no benefit in enabling CY/TM
> bits in scounteren for the guest user space as it can't be run without
> hcounteren anyways.
>
> Allow only TM bit which matches the hcounteren default setting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> index 60d684c76c58..873593bfe610 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
> @@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>         if (kvm_riscv_vcpu_alloc_vector_context(vcpu, cntx))
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>
> -       /* By default, make CY, TM, and IR counters accessible in VU mode */
> -       reset_csr->scounteren = 0x7;
> +       /* By default, only TM should be accessible in VU mode */
> +       reset_csr->scounteren = 0x2;

Let's remove this as well because the Linux SBI PMU driver
does initialize scounteren correctly.

Regards,
Anup





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