Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: x86/svm/pmu: Add AMD PerfMonV2 support

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Tue Sep 06 2022 - 16:21:11 EST

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 5:45 AM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 6/9/2022 2:00 am, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 5:44 AM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> If AMD Performance Monitoring Version 2 (PerfMonV2) is detected
> >> by the guest, it can use a new scheme to manage the Core PMCs using
> >> the new global control and status registers.
> >>
> >> In addition to benefiting from the PerfMonV2 functionality in the same
> >> way as the host (higher precision), the guest also can reduce the number
> >> of vm-exits by lowering the total number of MSRs accesses.
> >>
> >> In terms of implementation details, amd_is_valid_msr() is resurrected
> >> since three newly added MSRs could not be mapped to one vPMC.
> >> The possibility of emulating PerfMonV2 on the mainframe has also
> >> been eliminated for reasons of precision.
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 6 +++++
> >> arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 11 ++++++++++
> >> 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> >> index 7002e1b74108..56b4f898a246 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> >> @@ -455,12 +455,15 @@ int kvm_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >>
> >> switch (msr) {
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> >> msr_info->data = pmu->global_status;
> >> return 0;
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_CTL:
> >> msr_info->data = pmu->global_ctrl;
> >> return 0;
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
> >> msr_info->data = 0;
> >> return 0;
> >> default:
> >> @@ -479,12 +482,14 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >>
> >> switch (msr) {
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> >> if (msr_info->host_initiated) {
> >> pmu->global_status = data;
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >> break; /* RO MSR */
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_CTL:
> >> if (pmu->global_ctrl == data)
> >> return 0;
> >> if (kvm_valid_perf_global_ctrl(pmu, data)) {
> >> @@ -495,6 +500,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> }
> >> break;
> >> case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
> >> if (!(data & pmu->global_ovf_ctrl_mask)) {
> >> if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
> >> pmu->global_status &= ~data;
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> >> index 3a20972e9f1a..4c7d408e3caa 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> >> @@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ static struct kvm_pmc *amd_rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >> return amd_pmc_idx_to_pmc(vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu), idx & ~(3u << 30));
> >> }
> >>
> >> -static bool amd_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
> >> -{
> >> - /* All MSRs refer to exactly one PMC, so msr_idx_to_pmc is enough. */
> >> - return false;
> >> -}
> >> -
> >> static struct kvm_pmc *amd_msr_idx_to_pmc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
> >> {
> >> struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> >> @@ -109,6 +103,29 @@ static struct kvm_pmc *amd_msr_idx_to_pmc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
> >> return pmc;
> >> }
> >>
> >> +static bool amd_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
> >> +{
> >> + struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> >> +
> >> + switch (msr) {
> >> + case MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0 ... MSR_K7_PERFCTR3:
> >> + return pmu->version > 0;
> >> + case MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL0 ... MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR5:
> >> + return guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE);
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_CTL:
> >> + case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
> >> + return pmu->version > 1;
> >> + default:
> >> + if (msr > MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR5 &&
> >> + msr < MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL0 + 2 * KVM_AMD_PMC_MAX_GENERIC)
> >> + return pmu->version > 1;
> >
> > Should this be bounded by guest CPUID.80000022H:EBX[NumCorePmc]
> > (unless host-initiated)?
>
> Indeed, how about:
>
> default:
> if (msr > MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR5 &&
> msr < MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL0 + 2 * pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters)
> return pmu->version > 1;
>
> and for host-initiated:
>
> #define MSR_F15H_PERF_MSR_MAX \
> (MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR0 + 2 * (KVM_AMD_PMC_MAX_GENERIC - 1))

I think there may be an off-by-one error here.

>
> kvm_{set|get}_msr_common()
> case MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL0 ... MSR_F15H_PERF_MSR_MAX:
> if (kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr(vcpu, msr))
> return kvm_pmu_set_msr(vcpu, msr_info);
> ?
>
> >
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + return amd_msr_idx_to_pmc(vcpu, msr);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> static int amd_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> {
> >> struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> >> @@ -162,20 +179,31 @@ static int amd_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> static void amd_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> {
> >> struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> >> + struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry;
> >> + union cpuid_0x80000022_ebx ebx;
> >>
> >> - if (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE))
> >> + pmu->version = 1;
> >> + entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, 0x80000022, 0);
> >> + if (kvm_pmu_cap.version > 1 && entry && (entry->eax & BIT(0))) {
> >> + pmu->version = 2;
> >> + ebx.full = entry->ebx;
> >> + pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = min3((unsigned int)ebx.split.num_core_pmc,
> >> + (unsigned int)kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp,
> >> + (unsigned int)KVM_AMD_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
> >> + pmu->global_ctrl_mask = ~((1ull << pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters) - 1);
> >> + pmu->global_ovf_ctrl_mask = pmu->global_ctrl_mask;
> >> + } else if (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE)) {
> >> pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS_CORE;
> >
> > The logic above doesn't seem quite right, since guest_cpuid_has(vcpu,
> > X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE) promises 6 PMCs, regardless of what
> > CPUID.80000022 says.
>
> I would have expected the appearance of CPUID.80000022 to override PERFCTR_CORE,
> now I don't think it's a good idea as you do, so how about:
>
> amd_pmu_refresh():
>
> bool perfctr_core = guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE);
>
> pmu->version = 1;
> if (kvm_pmu_cap.version > 1)
> entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, 0x80000022, 0);
>
> if (!perfctr_core)
> pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS;
> if (entry && (entry->eax & BIT(0))) {
> pmu->version = 2;
> ebx.full = entry->ebx;
> pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = min3((unsigned int)ebx.split.num_core_pmc,
> (unsigned int)kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp,
> (unsigned int)KVM_AMD_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
> }
> /* PERFCTR_CORE promises 6 PMCs, regardless of CPUID.80000022 */
> if (perfctr_core) {
> pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = max(pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters,
> AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS_CORE);
> }

Even if X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE is clear, all AMD CPUs promise 4 PMCs.

>
> if (pmu->version > 1) {
> pmu->global_ctrl_mask = ~((1ull << pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters) - 1);
> pmu->global_ovf_ctrl_mask = pmu->global_ctrl_mask;
> }
>
> ?
>
>