[PATCH v4] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the Host-only bit inside the guest hypervisor

From: Dongli Si
Date: Sat Mar 19 2022 - 20:23:15 EST


From: Dongli Si <sidongli1997@xxxxxxxxx>

With nested virtualization on AMD Milan, if "perf record" is run in an
L1 hypervisor with an L2 guest, the following warning is emitted in
the L1 guest.

[] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0xc0010200 (tried to write 0x0000020000510076)
at rIP: 0xffffffff81003a50 (x86_pmu_enable_all+0x60/0x100)
[] Call Trace:
[] <IRQ>
[] ? x86_pmu_enable+0x146/0x300
[] __perf_install_in_context+0x150/0x170

The AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit is defined and used on the host (L0),
while the L1 hypervisor Performance Monitor Unit should avoid such use.

Fixes: 1018faa6cf23 ("perf/x86/kvm: Fix Host-Only/Guest-Only counting with SVM disabled")
Signed-off-by: Dongli Si <sidongli1997@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v4: Remove my run_as_host function for better descriptive.
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220314042254.1487836-1-sidongli1997@xxxxxxxxx/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220310183404.1291725-1-sidongli1997@xxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220227132640.3-1-sidongli1997@xxxxxxxxx/

arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
index 9687a8aef01c..3fafd1e46ada 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <asm/apicdef.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>

#include "../perf_event.h"

@@ -1027,7 +1028,8 @@ void amd_pmu_enable_virt(void)
{
struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);

- cpuc->perf_ctr_virt_mask = 0;
+ if (hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_NATIVE))
+ cpuc->perf_ctr_virt_mask = 0;

/* Reload all events */
amd_pmu_disable_all();
--
2.32.0