Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] KVM: x86: Provide per VM capability for disabling PMU virtualization

[Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>]

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On 25/1/2022 2:39 am, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM David Dunn <daviddunn@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> KVM_CAP_PMU_DISABLE is used to disable PMU virtualization on individual
>> x86 VMs.  PMU configuration must be done prior to creating VCPUs.
>>
>> To enable future extension, KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY reports available
>> settings via bitmask when queried via check_extension.
>>
>> For VMs that have PMU virtualization disabled, usermode will need to
>> clear CPUID leaf 0xA to notify guests.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Dunn <daviddunn@google.com>
> 
> Nit: The two references to CPUID leaf 0xA should be qualified as
> applying only to Intel VMs.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
> 

Nit: It looks like we already have "#define KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES 209".

Hope it helps a little:

Reviewed-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>