[PATCH 10/15] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate the GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE MSRs

From: Zide Chen

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 14:46:12 EST


Intel PerfMon v4 introduces IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (0x391) to
allow software to set individual bits in the global status MSR. Reads
of IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET always return zero.

IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE (0x392) is also introduced in v4, to track
which counters and the PMI are currently claimed by other agents,
allowing independent software agents to check counter availability
without a shared scheduler arbitrating between them.

IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE is an R/O MSR, and any write attempt results
in a #GP.

Neither MSR is part of the VM state, so they don't need to be
advertised to userspace, nor saved and restored during live
migration.

Originally-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 9 ++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index feee92aab504..46ca6b56628b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -1241,6 +1241,10 @@
#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL 0x0000038f
#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL 0x00000390
#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET 0x00000391
+#define MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE 0x00000392
+
+/* Intel IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE MSR */
+#define PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE_PMI_INUSE BIT_ULL(63)

#define MSR_PERF_METRICS 0x00000329

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index bc2ca60114e9..7d58f7a2a2db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ bool kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL:
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
return kvm_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu));
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
+ return vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu)->version > 3;
default:
break;
}
@@ -867,6 +869,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
msr_info->data = 0;
break;
default:
@@ -933,6 +936,12 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
pmu->global_status &= ~data;
break;
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
+ if (data & pmu->global_status_rsvd)
+ return 1;
+ if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
+ pmu->global_status |= data;
+ break;
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
pmu->global_status |= data & ~pmu->global_status_rsvd;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 425f17aa9be2..cb6f9c272e03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ static bool intel_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
switch (msr) {
case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL:
return kvm_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(pmu);
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE:
+ return pmu->version > 3;
case MSR_PERF_METRICS:
return kvm_vcpu_has_perf_metrics(vcpu);
case MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE:
@@ -354,6 +356,40 @@ static bool intel_pmu_handle_lbr_msrs_access(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return true;
}

+static int intel_pmu_get_global_inuse(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+ struct msr_data *msr_info)
+{
+ struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
+ unsigned long fixed_mask = kvm_fixed_pmc_mask(pmu);
+ unsigned long gp_mask = kvm_gp_pmc_mask(pmu);
+ bool pmi_inuse = false;
+ u32 fixed_ctrl;
+ u64 eventsel;
+ int i;
+
+ msr_info->data = 0;
+ kvm_for_each_set_pmc_idx(i, gp_mask, INTEL_GP) {
+ eventsel = pmu->gp_counters[i].eventsel;
+
+ if (eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT)
+ msr_info->data |= BIT_ULL(i);
+ pmi_inuse |= eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT;
+ }
+ kvm_for_each_set_pmc_idx(i, fixed_mask, INTEL_FIXED) {
+ fixed_ctrl = fixed_ctrl_field(pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl, i);
+
+ if (fixed_ctrl & (INTEL_FIXED_0_KERNEL | INTEL_FIXED_0_USER))
+ msr_info->data |= BIT_ULL(KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX + i);
+ pmi_inuse |= fixed_ctrl & INTEL_FIXED_0_ENABLE_PMI;
+ }
+ pmi_inuse |= pmu->pebs_enable;
+
+ if (pmi_inuse)
+ msr_info->data |= PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE_PMI_INUSE;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int intel_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
{
struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
@@ -364,6 +400,8 @@ static int intel_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL:
msr_info->data = pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl;
break;
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE:
+ return intel_pmu_get_global_inuse(vcpu, msr_info);
case MSR_PERF_METRICS:
msr_info->data = pmu->perf_metrics;
break;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 2a59bbe52bd8..c69cda5bb898 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4278,6 +4278,10 @@ static void vmx_recalc_pmu_msr_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL,
MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET,
+ MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept || pmu->version < 4);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE,
+ MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept || pmu->version < 4);

intercept = !has_mediated_pmu || !kvm_vcpu_has_perf_metrics(vcpu);
vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_PERF_METRICS,
--
2.54.0