Re: [perf] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0x689 in intel_pmu_lbr_restore

[Vince Weaver]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022, Liang, Kan wrote:

> 
> 
> On 2022-07-08 12:13 p.m., Vince Weaver wrote:
> > [ 7763.384369] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0x689 (tried to write 0x1fffffff8101349e) at rIP: 0xffffffff810704a4 (native_write_msr+0x4/0x20)
> 
> The 0x689 is a valid LBR register, which is MSR_LASTBRANCH_9_FROM_IP.
> The issue should be caused by the known TSX bug, which is mentioned in
> the commit 9fc9ddd61e0 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x bug
> when no TSX"). It looks like the TSX support has been deactivated,
> however the quirk in the commit isn't applied for some reason.
> 
> 
> To apply the quirk, perf relies on the boot CPU's flag and LBR format.
> 
> static inline bool lbr_from_signext_quirk_needed(void)
> {
> 	bool tsx_support = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HLE) ||
> 			   boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM);
> 
> 	return !tsx_support && x86_pmu.lbr_has_tsx;
> }
> 
> Could you please share the value of the PERF_CAPABILITIES MSR	0x00000345
> of the machine?
> I'd like to double check whether the LBR fromat is correct. 0x5 is expected.

How would I do that?  Just something like:
# rdmsr 0x00000345
32c4

or is it more involved than that?

Vince Weaver
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