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SubjectRe: [PATCH v12 06/11] KVM: vmx/pmu: Expose LBR to guest via MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES
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On 2020/7/8 21:36, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> + /*
>> + * As a first step, a guest could only enable LBR feature if its cpu
>> + * model is the same as the host because the LBR registers would
>> + * be pass-through to the guest and they're model specific.
>> + */
>> + if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model != guest_cpuid_model(vcpu))
>> + return false;
> Could we relax this in a followon patch? (after this series is merged)
Sure, there would be a follow-on patch to relax this check after it's merged.
>
> It's enough of the perf cap LBR version matches, don't need full model
> number match.
I assume you are referring to the LBR_FMT value in the perf_capabilities.
> This would require a way to configure the LBR version
> from qemu.
Sure, I may propose this configuration in the QEMU community.
>
> This would allow more flexibility, for example migration from
> Icelake to Skylake and vice versa.
Yes, we need this flexibility to cover as many platforms as possible.

Thanks,
Like Xu
>
> -Andi

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