RE: [PATCH v3 7/9] KVM: x86: Implement Intel Processor Trace MSRs read/write

From: Kang, Luwei
Date: Fri Dec 01 2017 - 01:40:29 EST


> > + case MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR0_A ... MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR3_B: {
> > + u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
> > +
> > + cpuid_count(0x14, 1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
>
> Please cache the cpuid_count result, or do the cpuid_count after testing
> vmx_pt_supported() (which you can use instead of going through kvm_x86_ops).

Hi Paolo,
Thanks for your reply. I have cache EAX in "struct pt_desc" and will initialize in vmx_vcpu_setup().
+struct pt_desc {
+ unsigned int addr_num;
+ struct pt_ctx host;
+ struct pt_ctx guest;
+};
But kvm_init_msr_list() is invoked too early, I have to read from hardware. So, what about change like this.

- cpuid_count(0x14, 1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
- if (!kvm_x86_ops->pt_supported() || msrs_to_save[i] -
- MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR0_A >= (eax & 0x7))
+ if (!kvm_x86_ops->pt_supported())
continue;
+ cpuid_count(0x14, 1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+ if (msrs_to_save[i] -
+ MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR0_A >= (eax & 0x7))
+ continue;

Thanks,
Luwei Kang

>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo
>
> > + if (!kvm_x86_ops->pt_supported() || msrs_to_save[i] -
> > + MSR_IA32_RTIT_ADDR0_A >= (eax & 0x7))
> > + continue;
> > + break;