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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] kvm: Implement PEBS virtualization
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:22:07PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 03:04:48PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 06:12:07PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > {
> > > struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
> > > @@ -407,6 +551,20 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > break;
> > > + case MSR_IA32_DS_AREA:
> > > + pmu->ds_area = data;
> > > + return 0;
> > > + case MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE:
> > > + if (data & ~0xf0000000fULL)
> > > + break;
> >
> > Bit 63 == PS_ENABLE ?
>
> PEBS_EN is [3:0] for each counter, but only one bit on Silvermont.
> LL_EN is [36:32], but currently unused.
>
> >
> > > void kvm_handle_pmu_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > > index 33e8c02..4f39917 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > > @@ -7288,6 +7288,12 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > atomic_switch_perf_msrs(vmx);
> > > debugctlmsr = get_debugctlmsr();
> > >
> > > + /* Move this somewhere else? */
> >
> > Unless you hook into vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area and perf_get_ds_area()
> > writers, it has to be at every vcpu entry.
> >
> > Could compare values in MSR save area to avoid switch.
>
> Ok.
>
> >
> > > + if (vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area)
> > > + add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA,
> > > + vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area,
> > > + perf_get_ds_area());
> >
> > Should clear_atomic_switch_msr before
> > add_atomic_switch_msr.
>
> Ok.
>
> BTW how about general PMU migration? As far as I can tell there
> is no code to save/restore the state for that currently, right?
>
> -Andi

Paolo wrote support for it, recently. Paolo?



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