[PATCH 00/15] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support
From: Zide Chen
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 14:44:35 EST
KVM currently caps the guest Intel architectural PMU version at 2. This
series bumps it to PerfMon v5 and adds support for some features that
are introduced in PerfMon v3-v5.
- CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap (v5): supersedes EDX[4:0] and
lets KVM/guests represent non-contiguous fixed counters (e.g. some
E-core server parts skip fixed counter 3).
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (v4): lets software set
individual bits in the global status MSR.
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE (v4): reports which counters
and PMI are currently claimed.
- Add support for streamlined Freeze_LBRs_On_PMI.
- Implement ANYTHREAD_DEPRECATION capability.
Intel PerfMon v5 doesn't support non-contiguous GP counters; however,
this series lays the groundwork for GP counter bitmap support anyway,
for consistency with the host perf API interface, and prepares for
perfmon_mask support.
Freeze_PerfMon_On_PMI virtualization is not implemented because as
commit 3daa96d67274 ("perf/intel: Remove Perfmon-v4 counter_freezing
support") states, the Freeze-on-PMI mechanism violates the perf counter
independence.
Patch series summary:
patch 1-3: Code cleanup: rename and remove redundant definitions.
patch 4-9: Implement PMC bitmap support.
patch 10-13: Implement PerfMon v3-v5 new features.
patch 14: Advertise Perfmon version up to v5.
patch 15: Fix pmu_counters_test selftests fixed counter test case.
This patchset is on top of the Topdown metrics patchset:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260629231938.15129-1-zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
Dapeng Mi (6):
KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu
perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap
KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities
perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability
KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts
KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test
Zide Chen (9):
KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to all_valid_pmc_mask
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu
KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers
KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate the GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE MSRs
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate streamlined Freeze-LBR-on-PMI
KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap
KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is not set
arch/x86/events/core.c | 8 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 12 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 10 +-
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 19 +-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 86 +++++----
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 56 +++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 31 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 14 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 167 +++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c | 25 ++-
14 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)
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