Re: [RFC PATCH 15/41] KVM: x86/pmu: Manage MSR interception for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Thu Apr 11 2024 - 18:30:56 EST


On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 2:21 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024, Xiong Zhang wrote:
> > + if (is_passthrough_pmu_enabled(&vmx->vcpu)) {
> > + /*
> > + * Setup auto restore guest PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL MSR at vm entry.
> > + */
> > + if (vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL)
> > + vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, 0);
> > + else {
> > + i = vmx_find_loadstore_msr_slot(&vmx->msr_autoload.guest,
> > + MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL);
> > + if (i < 0) {
> > + i = vmx->msr_autoload.guest.nr++;
> > + vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_MSR_LOAD_COUNT,
> > + vmx->msr_autoload.guest.nr);
> > + }
> > + vmx->msr_autoload.guest.val[i].index = MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL;
> > + vmx->msr_autoload.guest.val[i].value = 0;
>
> Eww, no. Just make cpu_has_load_perf_global_ctrl() and VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
> hard requirements for enabling passthrough mode. And then have clear_atomic_switch_msr()
> yell if KVM tries to disable loading MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL.

Weren't you just complaining about the PMU version 4 constraint in
another patch? And here, you are saying, "Don't support anything older
than Sapphire Rapids."

Sapphire Rapids has PMU version 4, so if we require
VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, PMU version 4 is irrelevant.