From: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>,
Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>,
Das Sandipan <Sandipan.Das@amd.com>,
Shukla Manali <Manali.Shukla@amd.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:37:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827223755.143247-1-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
KVM currently caps the guest Intel architectural PMU version at 2. This
series bumps it to PerfMon v5 and adds support for some features that
are introduced in PerfMon v3-v5.
- CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap (v5): supersedes EDX[4:0] and
lets KVM/guests represent non-contiguous fixed counters (e.g. some
E-core server parts skip fixed counter 3).
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (v4): lets software set
individual bits in the global status MSR.
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE (v4): reports which counters
and PMI are currently claimed.
- Implement ANYTHREAD_DEPRECATION capability.
Intel PerfMon v5 doesn't support non-contiguous GP counters; however,
this series lays the groundwork for GP counter bitmap support anyway,
for consistency with the host perf API interface, and prepares for
Perfmon Masking support.
Freeze_PerfMon_On_PMI virtualization is not implemented because, as
commit 3daa96d67274 ("perf/intel: Remove Perfmon-v4 counter_freezing
support") states, the Freeze-on-PMI mechanism violates the perf counter
independence.
Streamlined Freeze_LBRs_On_PMI is not implemented because LBR is not
yet supported on mediated vPMU.
Tested on SPR and CWF:
- Ran "perf test" on both L0 and L1; no issues attributable to this
series have been observed so far.
- Ran KVM selftests on both L0 and L1.
- Passed AnyThread tests on both fixed and gp counters:
$ perf stat -e r20003c,r2000c4,r2000c0 -- sleep 1
- Tested various guest fixed-counter configurations:
CPUID.0AH:ECX = 0x7 CPUID.0AH:EDX[4:0]=3
CPUID.0AH:ECX = 0x2 CPUID.0AH:EDX[4:0]=0
CPUID.0AH:ECX = 0x6 CPUID.0AH:EDX[4:0]=0
CPUID.0AH:ECX = 0x5 CPUID.0AH:EDX[4:0]=1
CPUID.0AH:ECX = 0x0 CPUID.0AH:EDX[4:0]=0
Verified that the guest PMU reflected the configured fixed-counter
and that the following command used fixed or general-purpose counters
as expected:
$ perf stat -e instructions,cpu-cycles,ref-cycles -- sleep 1
- Manually tested IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE.
- Ran some additional perf tests on both L0 and L1.
- Sanity testing on nested VMs.
Patch series summary:
patch 1-4: Code cleanup and a fix.
patch 5-10: Implement PMC bitmap support.
patch 11-14: Implement PerfMon v3-v5 new features.
patch 15: Advertise PerfMon version up to v5.
patch 16: Fix pmu_counters_test selftests fixed counter test case.
Rebased to kvm-x86/next: 76671054f9a1
v2 changes:
- Dropped v1 11/15: KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate streamlined Freeze-LBR-on-PMI
- New patch 4/15 to gate BUFFER_OVF reserved bit on guest DS feature.
- Some renames:
- all_valid_pmc_mask to pmc_exists;
- add _is to kvm_{gp,fixed}_pmc_supported();
- split kvm_for_each_set_pmc_idx() to kvm_for_each_{gp,fixed}_counter().
- Add missing AnyThr handling in IA32_FIXED_CTR_CTRL and advertise
anythread_deprecated only if kvm_pmu_cap.version >= 5.
- Cap vPMU v3/v4 to v2, as AnyThread cannot be safely virtualized.
- Miscellaneous updates to changelogs and some minor fixes.
Dapeng Mi (6):
KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu
perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap
KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities
perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability
KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts
KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test
Zide Chen (10):
KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to pmc_exists
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu
KVM: x86/pmu: Gate BUFFER_OVF reserved bit on guest DS
KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers
KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate the GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE MSRs
KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap
KVM: x86/pmu: Factor out fixed counter control bit calculation
KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is set
arch/x86/events/core.c | 8 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 12 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 10 +-
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 21 ++-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 85 ++++++---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 54 +++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 37 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 17 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 8 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 167 +++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +-
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 6 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c | 26 ++-
15 files changed, 349 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-27 22:37 Zide Chen [this message]
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 01/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 02/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to pmc_exists Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 03/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 04/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Gate BUFFER_OVF reserved bit on guest DS Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 05/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 06/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 07/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 08/16] perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 09/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 10/16] perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 11/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate the GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE MSRs Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 12/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 13/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Factor out fixed counter control bit calculation Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 14/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is set Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 15/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts Zide Chen
2026-08-27 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 16/16] KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test Zide Chen
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