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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 01/41] perf: x86/intel: Support PERF_PMU_CAP_VPMU_PASSTHROUGH
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:21 AM Liang, Kan <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
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> On 2024-04-11 1:04 p.m., Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024, Xiong Zhang wrote:
> >> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
> >>
> >> Define and apply the PERF_PMU_CAP_VPMU_PASSTHROUGH flag for the version 4
> >> and later PMUs
> >
> > Why? I get that is an RFC, but it's not at all obvious to me why this needs to
> > take a dependency on v4+.
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> The IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET/SET MSRs are introduced in v4. They
> are used in the save/restore of PMU state. Please see PATCH 23/41.
> So it's limited to v4+ for now.

Prior to version 4, semi-passthrough is possible, but
IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS has to be intercepted and emulated, since it
is non-trivial to set bits in this MSR.

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