Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] perf/x86/intel: Fix a comment about guest LBR support

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Mar 03 2021 - 13:54:15 EST


On Wed, Mar 03, 2021, Like Xu wrote:
> Starting from v5.12, KVM reports guest LBR and extra_regs
> support when the host has relevant support.
>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> index d4569bfa83e3..a32acc7733a7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> @@ -5565,7 +5565,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
>
> /*
> * Access LBR MSR may cause #GP under certain circumstances.
> - * E.g. KVM doesn't support LBR MSR
> + * E.g. KVM doesn't support LBR MSR before v5.12.

Just delete this part of the comment.

> * Check all LBT MSR here.
> * Disable LBR access if any LBR MSRs can not be accessed.
> */
> --
> 2.29.2
>