Re: [PATCH V10 05/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Set MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON bit when vPMU is enabled

From: Liuxiangdong
Date: Sun Nov 07 2021 - 05:22:10 EST


Hi, like and lingshan.

As said, IA32_MISC_ENABLE[7] bit depends on the PMU is enabled for the guest, so a software
write openration to this bit will be ignored.

But, in this patch, all the openration that writes msr_ia32_misc_enable in guest could make this bit become 0.

Suppose:
When we start vm with "enable_pmu", vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr may be 0x80 first.
And next, guest writes msr_ia32_misc_enable value 0x1.
What we want could be 0x81, but unfortunately, it will be 0x1 because of
"data &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON;"
And even if guest writes msr_ia32_misc_enable value 0x81, it will be 0x1 also.


What we want is write operation will not change this bit. So, how about this?

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3321,6 +3321,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
}
break;
case MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE:
+ data &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON;
+ data |= (vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON);
if (!kvm_check_has_quirk(vcpu->kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT) &&
((vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr ^ data) & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_MWAIT)) {
if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XMM3))


Or is there anything in your design intention I don't understand?

Thanks!

Xiangdong Liu


On 2021/8/6 21:37, Zhu Lingshan wrote:
From: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Intel platforms, the software can use the IA32_MISC_ENABLE[7] bit to
detect whether the processor supports performance monitoring facility.

It depends on the PMU is enabled for the guest, and a software write
operation to this available bit will be ignored. The proposal to ignore
the toggle in KVM is the way to go and that behavior matches bare metal.

Cc: Yao Yuan <yuan.yao@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Lingshan <lingshan.zhu@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 9efc1a6b8693..d9dbebe03cae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (!pmu->version)
return;
+ vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr |= MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON;
perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&x86_pmu);
pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = min_t(int, eax.split.num_counters,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index efd11702465c..f6b6984e26ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3321,6 +3321,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
}
break;
case MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE:
+ data &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON;
if (!kvm_check_has_quirk(vcpu->kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT) &&
((vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr ^ data) & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_MWAIT)) {
if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XMM3))