Re: [PATCH 4/4] kvm: Implement PEBS virtualization

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Jun 10 2014 - 15:22:15 EST


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 03:04:48PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 06:12:07PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > {
> > struct kvm_pmu *pmu = &vcpu->arch.pmu;
> > @@ -407,6 +551,20 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> > return 0;
> > }
> > break;
> > + case MSR_IA32_DS_AREA:
> > + pmu->ds_area = data;
> > + return 0;
> > + case MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE:
> > + if (data & ~0xf0000000fULL)
> > + break;
>
> Bit 63 == PS_ENABLE ?

PEBS_EN is [3:0] for each counter, but only one bit on Silvermont.
LL_EN is [36:32], but currently unused.

>
> > void kvm_handle_pmu_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > index 33e8c02..4f39917 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> > @@ -7288,6 +7288,12 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > atomic_switch_perf_msrs(vmx);
> > debugctlmsr = get_debugctlmsr();
> >
> > + /* Move this somewhere else? */
>
> Unless you hook into vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area and perf_get_ds_area()
> writers, it has to be at every vcpu entry.
>
> Could compare values in MSR save area to avoid switch.

Ok.

>
> > + if (vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area)
> > + add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA,
> > + vcpu->arch.pmu.ds_area,
> > + perf_get_ds_area());
>
> Should clear_atomic_switch_msr before
> add_atomic_switch_msr.

Ok.

BTW how about general PMU migration? As far as I can tell there
is no code to save/restore the state for that currently, right?

-Andi

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