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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM: x86: Update vPMCs when retiring instructions
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 11:42 PM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
>
> When KVM retires a guest instruction through emulation, increment any
> vPMCs that are configured to monitor "instructions retired," and
> update the sample period of those counters so that they will overflow
> at the right time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Hankland <ehankland@google.com>
> [jmattson:
> - Split the code to increment "branch instructions retired" into a
> separate commit.
> - Added 'static' to kvm_pmu_incr_counter() definition.
> - Modified kvm_pmu_incr_counter() to check pmc->perf_event->state ==
> PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE.
> ]
> Fixes: f5132b01386b ("KVM: Expose a version 2 architectural PMU to a guests")
> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
> [likexu:
> - Drop checks for pmc->perf_event or event state or event type
> - Increase a counter once its umask bits and the first 8 select bits are matched
> - Rewrite kvm_pmu_incr_counter() with a less invasive approach to the host perf;
> - Rename kvm_pmu_record_event to kvm_pmu_trigger_event;
> - Add counter enable and CPL check for kvm_pmu_trigger_event();
> ]
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> ---

> +void kvm_pmu_trigger_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 perf_hw_id)
> +{
> + struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> + struct kvm_pmc *pmc;
> + int i;
> +
> + for_each_set_bit(i, pmu->all_valid_pmc_idx, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
> + pmc = kvm_x86_ops.pmu_ops->pmc_idx_to_pmc(pmu, i);
> +
> + if (!pmc || !pmc_is_enabled(pmc) || !pmc_speculative_in_use(pmc))
> + continue;
> +
> + /* Ignore checks for edge detect, pin control, invert and CMASK bits */

I don't understand how we can ignore these checks. Doesn't that
violate the architectural specification?

> + if (eventsel_match_perf_hw_id(pmc, perf_hw_id) && cpl_is_matched(pmc))
> + kvm_pmu_incr_counter(pmc);
> + }
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_pmu_trigger_event);
> +

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