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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: always allow host-initiated writes to PMU MSRs
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On 1/6/2022 1:54 am, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> switch (msr) {
> case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL:
> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL:
> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
> - ret = pmu->version > 1;
> + if (host_initiated)
> + return true;
> + return pmu->version > 1;

I was shocked not to see this style of code:

return host_initiated || other-else;

> break;
> case MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE:
> - ret = perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_FORMAT;
> + if (host_initiated)
> + return true;
> + return perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_FORMAT;
> break;
> case MSR_IA32_DS_AREA:
> - ret = guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_DS);
> + if (host_initiated)
> + return true;
> + return guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_DS);
> break;
> case MSR_PEBS_DATA_CFG:
> - ret = (perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_BASELINE) &&
> + if (host_initiated)
> + return true;
> + return (perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_BASELINE) &&
> ((perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_FORMAT) > 3);
> break;
> default:
> - ret = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0) ||
> + if (host_initiated)
> + return true;

All default checks will fall in here.

Considering the MSR addresses of different groups are contiguous,
how about separating this part of the mixed statement may look even clearer:

+ case MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 ... (MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 + INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC - 1):
+ return host_initiated || get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0);
+ case MSR_IA32_PMC0 ... (MSR_IA32_PMC0 + INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC -1 ):
+ return host_initiated || get_fw_gp_pmc(pmu, msr);
+ case MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0 ... (MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0 + INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC - 1):
+ return host_initiated || get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr,
MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0);
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 ... (MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 +
KVM_PMC_MAX_FIXED - 1):
+ return host_initiated || get_fixed_pmc(pmu, msr);

> + return get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0) ||
> get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0) ||
> get_fixed_pmc(pmu, msr) || get_fw_gp_pmc(pmu, msr) ||
> intel_pmu_is_valid_lbr_msr(vcpu, msr);
> break;
> }

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