[RFC PATCH 18/41] KVM: x86/pmu: Intercept full-width GP counter MSRs by checking with perf capabilities

From: Xiong Zhang
Date: Fri Jan 26 2024 - 04:38:20 EST


From: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Intercept full-width GP counter MSRs in passthrough PMU if guest does not
have the capability to write in full-width. In addition, opportunistically
add a warning if non-full-width counter MSRs are also intercepted, in which
case it is a clear mistake.

Co-developed-by: Xiong Zhang <xiong.y.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xiong Zhang <xiong.y.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 7f6cabb2c378..49df154fbb5b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -429,6 +429,13 @@ static int intel_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
default:
if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0)) ||
(pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PMC0))) {
+ if (is_passthrough_pmu_enabled(vcpu) &&
+ !(msr & MSR_PMC_FULL_WIDTH_BIT) &&
+ !msr_info->host_initiated) {
+ pr_warn_once("passthrough PMU never intercepts non-full-width PMU counters\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if ((msr & MSR_PMC_FULL_WIDTH_BIT) &&
(data & ~pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_GP]))
return 1;
@@ -801,7 +808,8 @@ void intel_passthrough_pmu_msrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
for (i = 0; i < vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu)->nr_arch_gp_counters; i++) {
vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 + i, MSR_TYPE_RW, false);
vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 + i, MSR_TYPE_RW, false);
- vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PMC0 + i, MSR_TYPE_RW, false);
+ if (fw_writes_is_enabled(vcpu))
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PMC0 + i, MSR_TYPE_RW, false);
}

vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, MSR_TYPE_RW, false);
--
2.34.1