[PATCH v2 2/9] KVM: selftests: Use host_cpu_is_intel_compatible for mediated PMU
From: Ewan Hai-oc
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 08:07:35 EST
From: Frank Zhu <frankzhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
kvm_is_mediated_pmu_enabled() returns kvm_amd's enable_mediated_pmu
module parameter unless the host CPU is Intel. Zhaoxin CPUs implement
VMX-compatible virtualization and are handled by KVM's VMX backend, so
on Zhaoxin hosts the helper wrongly reports kvm_amd's parameter.
Gate the check on host_cpu_is_intel_compatible so that Zhaoxin CPUs,
like Intel CPUs, query kvm_intel's enable_mediated_pmu instead. This
does not change behavior on Intel, and AMD and other non-Intel-
compatible CPUs still fall back to kvm_amd's parameter.
Signed-off-by: Frank Zhu <frankzhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
index 5d2be3399..df368232c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_is_pmu_enabled(void)
static inline bool kvm_is_mediated_pmu_enabled(void)
{
- if (host_cpu_is_intel)
+ if (host_cpu_is_intel_compatible)
return get_kvm_intel_param_bool("enable_mediated_pmu");
return get_kvm_amd_param_bool("enable_mediated_pmu");
--
2.34.1