[PATCH V5 5/7] KVM: x86/pmu: Snapshot host IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES in kvm_host
From: Zide Chen
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 23:58:59 EST
From: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cache the unadulterated snapshot of perf_capabilities so that KVM can
compare guest vPMU capabilities against raw hardware capabilities.
For example, if the host supports PERF_METRICS but it is not configured
to the guest, KVM can use it to determine that RDPMC accesses must be
intercepted.
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v5: new patch.
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 ++------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 82df75f91e46..40d41c83ca42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8039,14 +8039,10 @@ void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void)
{
u64 perf_cap = PERF_CAP_FW_WRITES;
- u64 host_perf_cap = 0;
if (!enable_pmu)
return 0;
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PDCM))
- rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, host_perf_cap);
-
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR) &&
!enable_mediated_pmu) {
x86_perf_get_lbr(&vmx_lbr_caps);
@@ -8059,11 +8055,11 @@ static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void)
if (!vmx_lbr_caps.has_callstack)
memset(&vmx_lbr_caps, 0, sizeof(vmx_lbr_caps));
else if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr)
- perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PERF_CAP_LBR_FMT;
+ perf_cap |= kvm_host.perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_LBR_FMT;
}
if (vmx_pebs_supported()) {
- perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PERF_CAP_PEBS_MASK;
+ perf_cap |= kvm_host.perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_MASK;
/*
* Disallow adaptive PEBS as it is functionally broken, can be
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9623f558f359..18afbf00d17b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10148,6 +10148,10 @@ int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, kvm_host.arch_capabilities);
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PDCM))
+ rdmsrq_safe(MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES,
+ &kvm_host.perf_capabilities);
+
WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_nr_uret_msrs);
r = ops->hardware_setup();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index 9de577ef9c97..74487f36d099 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct kvm_host_values {
u64 xss;
u64 s_cet;
u64 arch_capabilities;
+ u64 perf_capabilities;
};
void kvm_spurious_fault(void);
--
2.54.0