Re: [PATCH v11 15/16] KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR data MSR access interface

[Liang, Kan]

On 5/5/2022 11:33 PM, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> Arch LBR MSRs are xsave-supported, but they're operated as "independent"
> xsave feature by PMU code, i.e., during thread/process context switch,
> the MSRs are saved/restored with perf_event_task_sched_{in|out} instead
> of generic kernel fpu switch code, i.e.,save_fpregs_to_fpstate() and
> restore_fpregs_from_fpstate(). When vcpu guest/host fpu state swap happens,
> Arch LBR MSRs are retained so they can be accessed directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> index 3adc8f28d142..c2eab6272b35 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> @@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ static int intel_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
>   	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_CTL:
>   		msr_info->data = vmcs_read64(GUEST_IA32_LBR_CTL);
>   		return 0;
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 + 31:
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 + 31:
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 + 31:
> +		rdmsrl(msr_info->index, msr_info->data);
> +		return 0;
>   	default:
>   		if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0)) ||
>   		    (pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PMC0))) {
> @@ -512,6 +517,11 @@ static int intel_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
>   		    (data & ARCH_LBR_CTL_LBREN))
>   			intel_pmu_create_guest_lbr_event(vcpu);
>   		return 0;
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 + 31:
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 + 31:
> +	case MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 + 31:
> +		wrmsrl(msr_info->index, msr_info->data);
> +		return 0;
>   	default:
>   		if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0)) ||
>   		    (pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PMC0))) {