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SubjectRe: [RESEND PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Do not touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest
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+Tom L., Robert R.

On 7/20/21 6:26 AM, Like Xu wrote:
> From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
>
> If we use "perf record" in an AMD Milan guest, dmesg reports a #GP
> warning from an unchecked MSR access error on MSR_F15H_PERF_CTLx:
>
> [] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0xc0010200 (tried to write
> 0x0000020000110076) at rIP: 0xffffffff8106ddb4 (native_write_msr+0x4/0x20)
> [] Call Trace:
> [] amd_pmu_disable_event+0x22/0x90
> [] x86_pmu_stop+0x4c/0xa0
> [] x86_pmu_del+0x3a/0x140
>
> The AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit is defined and used on the host,
> while the guest perf driver should avoid such use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>

If we were to add a Fixes: tag, would this be the right commit?:

commit 1018faa6cf23b256bf25919ef203cd7c129f06f2

Author: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>

Date: Wed Feb 29 14:57:32 2012 +0100



perf/x86/kvm: Fix Host-Only/Guest-Only counting with SVM disabled


Thanks,

Kim

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