[PATCH v8 7/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate RDPMC on performance metrics
From: Zide Chen
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 14:43:36 EST
If the host has the PERF_METRICS capability but it's not present on
the guest, RDPMC interception must be enabled and KVM should inject
an #GP when the guest attempts a PERF_METRICS RDPMC.
If the guest has PERF_METRICS but RDPMC interception is enabled for
other reasons, KVM needs to emulate RDPMC with type 0x2000.
For simplicity, Metrics Clear Mode is not supported.
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v8:
- Move kvm_need_perf_metrics_intercept() to patch 5/9.
v6:
- Merge kvm_pmu_rdpmc_metrics() into intel_emulate_rdpmc().
- Reject non-zero index.
v5:
- new patch.
---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 789624658e8f..dab0bcabaa8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ bool kvm_need_rdpmc_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return true;
return kvm_need_any_pmc_intercept(vcpu) ||
+ kvm_need_perf_metrics_intercept(vcpu) ||
pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_GP] != (BIT_ULL(kvm_host_pmu.bit_width_gp) - 1) ||
pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_FIXED] != (BIT_ULL(kvm_host_pmu.bit_width_fixed) - 1);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index bbf4afcffafc..3ca61e4b0ba6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
*/
#define INTEL_RDPMC_GP 0
#define INTEL_RDPMC_FIXED INTEL_PMC_FIXED_RDPMC_BASE
+#define INTEL_RDPMC_METRICS INTEL_PMC_FIXED_RDPMC_METRICS
#define INTEL_RDPMC_TYPE_MASK GENMASK(31, 16)
#define INTEL_RDPMC_INDEX_MASK GENMASK(15, 0)
@@ -125,6 +126,19 @@ static int intel_emulate_rdpmc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int idx,
counters = pmu->gp_counters;
num_counters = pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters;
break;
+ case INTEL_RDPMC_METRICS:
+ if (!kvm_vcpu_has_perf_metrics(vcpu))
+ return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * The index in ECX[15:0] is implementation specific, but no
+ * platform currently supports a non-zero index.
+ */
+ if (idx)
+ return 1;
+
+ *data = pmu->perf_metrics;
+ return 0;
default:
return 1;
}
--
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