[PATCH v2 01/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions

From: Zide Chen

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 18:48:30 EST


IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS and its SET/RESET counterparts share bit
definitions with perf_event.h, which is the canonical home for Intel
PMU bit definitions (e.g., PERFEVTSEL, FIXED_CTR_CTRL, GLOBAL_STATUS).
Drop the duplicate definitions from msr-index.h and update KVM code to
use the macros from perf_event.h.

Drop the comment as well, since the macros now match the MSR
naming.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 8 --------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 11 ++---------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 18c4be75e927..11b99d237e05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -1243,14 +1243,6 @@

#define MSR_PERF_METRICS 0x00000329

-/* PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTL bits */
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_TRACE_TOPA_PMI_BIT 55
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_TRACE_TOPA_PMI (1ULL << MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_TRACE_TOPA_PMI_BIT)
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_OVF_BUF_BIT 62
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_OVF_BUF (1ULL << MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_OVF_BUF_BIT)
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_COND_CHGD_BIT 63
-#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_COND_CHGD (1ULL << MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_COND_CHGD_BIT)
-
/* Geode defined MSRs */
#define MSR_GEODE_BUSCONT_CONF0 0x00001900

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index bfa8612fb450..e71ddd51ae56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -576,17 +576,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
((BIT_ULL(pmu->nr_arch_fixed_counters) - 1) << KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX));
pmu->global_ctrl_rsvd = counter_rsvd;

- /*
- * GLOBAL_STATUS and GLOBAL_OVF_CONTROL (a.k.a. GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET)
- * share reserved bit definitions. The kernel just happens to use
- * OVF_CTRL for the names.
- */
pmu->global_status_rsvd = pmu->global_ctrl_rsvd
- & ~(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_OVF_BUF |
- MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_COND_CHGD);
+ & ~(GLOBAL_STATUS_BUFFER_OVF | GLOBAL_STATUS_COND_CHG);
if (vmx_pt_mode_is_host_guest())
- pmu->global_status_rsvd &=
- ~MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_TRACE_TOPA_PMI;
+ pmu->global_status_rsvd &= ~GLOBAL_STATUS_TRACE_TOPAPMI;

if (perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_FORMAT) {
if (perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_BASELINE) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index e3bfe6aca1a0..d3789b2ee18e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8612,7 +8612,7 @@ static unsigned int vmx_handle_intel_pt_intr(void)
return 0;

kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PMI, vcpu);
- __set_bit(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL_TRACE_TOPA_PMI_BIT,
+ __set_bit(GLOBAL_STATUS_TRACE_TOPAPMI_BIT,
(unsigned long *)&vcpu->arch.pmu.global_status);
return 1;
}
--
2.55.0