Re: [PATCH v2] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest

From: Liam Merwick
Date: Wed Aug 04 2021 - 07:29:51 EST


On (08/02/21 15:08), Like Xu wrote:
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 15:08:50 +0800
> From: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel
> <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>, Alexander Shishkin
> <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, "H . Peter Anvin"
> <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-perf-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH v2] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY
> bit inside the guest
> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0
>
> From: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If we use "perf record" in an AMD Milan guest, dmesg reports a #GP
> warning from an unchecked MSR access error on MSR_F15H_PERF_CTLx:
>
> [] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0xc0010200 (tried to write
> 0x0000020000110076) at rIP: 0xffffffff8106ddb4 (native_write_msr+0x4/0x20)
> [] Call Trace:
> [] amd_pmu_disable_event+0x22/0x90
> [] x86_pmu_stop+0x4c/0xa0
> [] x86_pmu_del+0x3a/0x140
>
> The AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit is defined and used on the host,
> while the guest perf driver should avoid such use.
>
> Fixes: 1018faa6cf23 ("perf/x86/kvm: Fix Host-Only/Guest-Only counting with SVM disabled")
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Patch applied to a 5.4 branch ]

Should it also include

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Regards,
Liam

> ---
> v2: Add Fixes tag and Tested-by from Kim.
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210720112605.63286-1-likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
> index d6003e08b055..1c3ae954a230 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
> @@ -1116,8 +1116,9 @@ void x86_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags);
> static inline void x86_pmu_disable_event(struct perf_event *event)
> {
> struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> + u64 disable_mask = __this_cpu_read(cpu_hw_events.perf_ctr_virt_mask);
>
> - wrmsrl(hwc->config_base, hwc->config);
> + wrmsrl(hwc->config_base, hwc->config & ~disable_mask);
>
> if (is_counter_pair(hwc))
> wrmsrl(x86_pmu_config_addr(hwc->idx + 1), 0);
> --
> 2.32.0
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