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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/7] kvm: x86/cpuid: Fix Architectural Performance Monitoring support
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On 3/17/2022 5:37 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 11:58:36AM +0530, Sandipan Das wrote:
>> CPUID 0xA provides information on Architectural Performance
>> Monitoring features on some x86 processors. It advertises a
>> PMU version which Qemu uses to determine the availability of
>> additional MSRs to manage the PMCs.
>>
>> Upon receiving a KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID ioctl request for
>> the same, the kernel constructs return values based on the
>> x86_pmu_capability irrespective of the vendor.
>>
>> This CPUID function and additional MSRs are not supported on
>> AMD processors. If PerfMonV2 is detected, the PMU version is
>> set to 2 and guest startup breaks because of an attempt to
>> access a non-existent MSR. Return zeros to avoid this.
>>
>> Fixes: a6c06ed1a60a ("KVM: Expose the architectural performance monitoring CPUID leaf")
>> Reported-by: Vasant Hegde <vasant.hegde@amd.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 5 +++++
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> index b8f8d268d058..1d9ca5726167 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> @@ -865,6 +865,11 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
>> union cpuid10_eax eax;
>> union cpuid10_edx edx;
>>
>> + if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
>> + entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = entry->edx = 0;
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
>
> Because actually implementing perfmon-v2 would've been too convenient,
> right? IIRC you're very close to actually supporing perfmon-v2
> capability wise here.

That's in the works as well. However, in this case, Qemu will have
to test CPUID Fn8000_0022 EAX bit 0 to see if the global control and
status registers are available.

- Sandipan

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