Re: [PATCH v4 09/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Add PEBS_DATA_CFG MSR emulation to support adaptive PEBS

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 07 2021 - 11:41:10 EST


On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:41:30PM +0800, Like Xu wrote:
> @@ -3863,6 +3864,12 @@ static struct perf_guest_switch_msr *intel_guest_get_msrs(int *nr, void *data)
> arr[2].host = (unsigned long)ds;
> arr[2].guest = pmu->ds_area;

*nr = 3;
>
> + if (baseline) {
> + arr[3].msr = MSR_PEBS_DATA_CFG;
> + arr[3].host = cpuc->pebs_data_cfg;
> + arr[3].guest = pmu->pebs_data_cfg;

*nr = 4;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * If PMU counter has PEBS enabled it is not enough to
> * disable counter on a guest entry since PEBS memory
> @@ -3879,9 +3886,11 @@ static struct perf_guest_switch_msr *intel_guest_get_msrs(int *nr, void *data)
> else {
> arr[1].guest = arr[1].host;
> arr[2].guest = arr[2].host;
> + if (baseline)
> + arr[3].guest = arr[3].host;
> }
>
> - *nr = 3;
> + *nr = baseline ? 4 : 3;

And you don't need yet another branch to determine a value you already
know.

> }