Re: [PATCH v6 8/8] KVM: selftests: Add PERF_METRICS and fixed counter 3 tests

[Jim Mattson]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM Mi, Dapeng <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> rdpmc is the preferable way to read PMU counters since the better
> performance than rdmsr, and most of current code regardless of kernel or
> user-space already use rdpmc to read PMC counters. If we set the rdpmc to
> interception by default, then it may cause extra performance hit.
>
> Currently I didn't hear there is any plan to extend the rdpmc to support
> more types for Intel platforms ...

Is Intel willing to commit to that?