Re: [PATCH v4 24/38] KVM: x86/pmu: Exclude PMU MSRs in vmx_get_passthrough_msr_slot()

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On Mon, Mar 24, 2025, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> Reject PMU MSRs interception explicitly in
> vmx_get_passthrough_msr_slot() since interception of PMU MSRs are
> specially handled in intel_passthrough_pmu_msrs().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 38ecf3c116bd..7bb16bed08da 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module_param(allow_smaller_maxphyaddr, bool, S_IRUGO);
>  
>  /*
>   * List of MSRs that can be directly passed to the guest.
> - * In addition to these x2apic, PT and LBR MSRs are handled specially.
> + * In addition to these x2apic, PMU, PT and LBR MSRs are handled specially.
>   */
>  static u32 vmx_possible_passthrough_msrs[MAX_POSSIBLE_PASSTHROUGH_MSRS] = {
>  	MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL,
> @@ -691,6 +691,16 @@ static int vmx_get_passthrough_msr_slot(u32 msr)
>  	case MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM ... MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM + 8:
>  	case MSR_LBR_CORE_TO ... MSR_LBR_CORE_TO + 8:
>  		/* LBR MSRs. These are handled in vmx_update_intercept_for_lbr_msrs() */
> +	case MSR_IA32_PMC0 ...
> +		MSR_IA32_PMC0 + KVM_MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS - 1:
> +	case MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 ...
> +		MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 + KVM_MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS - 1:
> +	case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 ...
> +		MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 + KVM_MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS - 1:
> +	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> +	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL:
> +	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
> +		/* PMU MSRs. These are handled in intel_passthrough_pmu_msrs() */
>  		return -ENOENT;
>  	}

This belongs in the patch that configures interception.  A better split would be
to have an Intel patch and an AMD patch, not three patches with logic splattered
all over.




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