Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: fix masking logic for MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2024, Liang, Kan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024-01-04 10:39 a.m., Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > When commit c59a1f106f5c ("KVM: x86/pmu: Add IA32_PEBS_ENABLE
> > MSR emulation for extended PEBS") switched the initialization of
> > cpuc->guest_switch_msrs to use compound literals, it screwed up
> > the boolean logic:
> > 
> > +	u64 pebs_mask = cpuc->pebs_enabled & x86_pmu.pebs_capable;
> > ...
> > -	arr[0].guest = intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask;
> > -	arr[0].guest &= ~(cpuc->pebs_enabled & x86_pmu.pebs_capable);
> > +               .guest = intel_ctrl & (~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask | ~pebs_mask),
> > 
> > Before the patch, the value of arr[0].guest would have been intel_ctrl &
> > ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask & ~pebs_mask.  The intent is to always treat
> > PEBS events as host-only because, while the guest runs, there is no way
> > to tell the processor about the virtual address where to put PEBS records
> > intended for the host.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the new expression can be expanded to
> > 
> > 	(intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask) | (intel_ctrl & ~pebs_mask)
> > 
> > which makes no sense; it includes any bit that isn't *both* marked as
> > exclude_guest and using PEBS.  So, reinstate the old logic.  
> 
> I think the old logic will completely disable the PEBS in guest
> capability. Because the counter which is assigned to a guest PEBS event
> will also be set in the pebs_mask. The old logic disable the counter in
> GLOBAL_CTRL in guest. Nothing will be counted.
> 
> Like once proposed a fix in the intel_guest_get_msrs().
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231129095055.88060-1-likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> It should work for the issue.

No, that patch only affects the path where hardware supports enabling PEBS in the
the guest, i.e. intel_guest_get_msrs() will bail before getting to that code due
to the lack of x86_pmu.pebs_ept support, which IIUC is all pre-Icelake Intel CPUs.

	if (!kvm_pmu || !x86_pmu.pebs_ept)
		return arr;