[PATCH v2 16/16] KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test

From: Zide Chen

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 18:54:36 EST


From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On PerfMon v5, CPUID.0AH:ECX represents the fixed counter bitmask,
while EDX[4:0] indicates the number of contiguous fixed counters
starting from 0:

FxCtr[i]_is_supported := ECX[i] || (EDX[4:0] > i).

Fix test_fixed_counters() to derive supported fixed counters using the
above formula instead of relying solely on EDX[4:0]. This allows the
test to cover non-contiguous fixed counter configurations.

Update this_pmu_has() to take the PMU version into consideration.
Without this fix, it could return incorrect results in test cases such
as test_arch_events(), which configure a PMU version different from
the one originally advertised by KVM without explicitly updating
CPUID.0AH.{ECX,EDX} to match the new PMU version.

For example, after downgrading a guest from PMU v5 to PMU v2,
this_pmu_has() would still consult CPUID.0AH.ECX while KVM ignores it,
resulting in a mismatch in the reported fixed counter capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Fix this_pmu_has() to honor the guest's configured PMU version.
- Update the pmu_vm_create_with_vcpus() calls after rebasing.
---
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 6 ++++-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c | 26 ++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
index 6e6f70035508..c983dbfd9d70 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static __always_inline bool this_cpu_has_p(struct kvm_x86_cpu_property property)

static inline bool this_pmu_has(struct kvm_x86_pmu_feature feature)
{
+ u8 pmu_version;
u32 nr_bits;

if (feature.f.reg == KVM_CPUID_EBX) {
@@ -836,7 +837,10 @@ static inline bool this_pmu_has(struct kvm_x86_pmu_feature feature)

GUEST_ASSERT(feature.f.reg == KVM_CPUID_ECX);
nr_bits = this_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_PMU_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS);
- return nr_bits > feature.f.bit || this_cpu_has(feature.f);
+ pmu_version = this_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_PMU_VERSION);
+
+ return (pmu_version < 5) ? nr_bits > feature.f.bit :
+ nr_bits > feature.f.bit || this_cpu_has(feature.f);
}

static __always_inline u64 this_cpu_supported_xcr0(void)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c
index c3e784e16348..21bd8ec90c98 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2023, Tencent, Inc.
*/
#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>

#include "pmu.h"
#include "processor.h"
@@ -631,23 +632,36 @@ static void __test_fixed_counters(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 nr_fixed_counters,
static void test_fixed_counters(u8 pmu_version, u64 perf_capabilities)
{
u8 nr_fixed_counters = kvm_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_PMU_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS);
+ unsigned long fixed_subset;
struct kvm_vcpu **vcpus;
struct kvm_vm *vm;
+ u32 fixed_bitmap;
int i = 0;
- u32 k;
- u8 j;

pr_info("Testing %u fixed counters, PMU version %u, perf_caps = %lx\n",
nr_fixed_counters, pmu_version, perf_capabilities);

+ fixed_bitmap = BIT_ULL(nr_fixed_counters) - 1;
+ if (pmu_version >= 5)
+ fixed_bitmap |= kvm_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_PMU_FIXED_COUNTERS_BITMASK);

- vm = pmu_vm_create_with_vcpus((nr_fixed_counters + 1) * BIT(nr_fixed_counters),
+ vm = pmu_vm_create_with_vcpus((1 << __builtin_popcount(fixed_bitmap)),
guest_test_fixed_counters,
pmu_version, perf_capabilities, &vcpus);

- for (j = 0; j <= nr_fixed_counters; j++) {
- for (k = 0; k <= (BIT(nr_fixed_counters) - 1); k++)
- __test_fixed_counters(vcpus[i++], j, k);
+ for (fixed_subset = 0; fixed_subset <= fixed_bitmap; fixed_subset++) {
+ u32 nr_contiguous;
+
+ /*
+ * The loop walks all values from 0 to fixed_bitmap, so skip any
+ * value that is not a subset of fixed_bitmap.
+ */
+ if (fixed_subset & ~fixed_bitmap)
+ continue;
+
+ nr_contiguous = find_first_zero_bit(&fixed_subset,
+ MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS);
+ __test_fixed_counters(vcpus[i++], nr_contiguous, fixed_subset);
}

pmu_vm_free(vm, vcpus);
--
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