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, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.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 v4 13/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET MSR
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:32:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112203227.289379-14-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112203227.289379-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
Intel PerfMon v4 introduces IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (0x391) to
allow software to set individual bits in the global status MSR. Reads
of IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET always return zero.
IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET is not part of the VM state, so it doesn't
need to be advertised to userspace, nor saved and restored during live
migration.
Always intercept IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET to prevent the guest from
modifying status bits that are not virtualized by KVM.
Bit 63 (CondChgd) is architecturally reserved in STATUS_SET per the SDM.
Reject writes to bit 63, injecting #GP for guest writes. While older
processors had silicon errata that accepted writes without #GP (e.g.
SKX95), strictly enforce the architectural specification for
deterministic behavior across migrations.
Originally-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
---
v4:
- Split out CondChgd specific handling into a separate patch since it
impacts MSR 0x38e and 0x390 as well.
- Move the defensive filtering code in pmu load to the new patch.
- Do not carry over Jim's Reviewed-by due to above changes.
v3:
- Split from combined v2 patch into standalone GLOBAL_STATUS_SET patch.
- Always intercept IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET to prevent passthrough of
unvirtualized status bits. (Jim)
- Reject writing bit 63 (CondChgd) to IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET. (Jim)
- Filter out bit 63 before writing to hardware in
intel_mediated_pmu_load().
- Store status set bits in a local variable in
intel_mediated_pmu_load(). (Yosry)
- Move validation for MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET to pmu_intel.c
rather than common pmu.c to avoid exposing the Intel MSR on AMD.
---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 7 +++++++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 7ba1a3b38184..bd5954e62080 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
msr_info->data = 0;
break;
default:
@@ -923,6 +924,12 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
pmu->global_status &= ~data;
break;
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
+ if (data & pmu->global_status_rsvd)
+ return 1;
+ if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
+ pmu->global_status |= data;
+ break;
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
pmu->global_status |= data & ~pmu->global_status_rsvd;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 4d05ec50f24f..c18d24b5c385 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static bool intel_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL:
return kvm_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(pmu);
+ case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
+ return pmu->version >= 4;
case MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE:
ret = vcpu_get_perf_capabilities(vcpu) & PERF_CAP_PEBS_FORMAT;
break;
--
2.56.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-12 20:32 [PATCH v4 00/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 01/21] KVM: SVM: Drop counter MSR checks in amd_is_valid_msr() Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 02/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 03/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to pmc_exists Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Use pmc_exists in PMC lookup helpers Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/21] perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 09/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 10/21] perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 11/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Document GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET passthrough erratum Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 12/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Mark CondChgd reserved in global_status_rsvd Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 14/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE MSR Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 15/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Clamp pmu->version to kvm_pmu_cap.version Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 16/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 17/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Factor out fixed counter control bit calculation Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 18/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Mask only OS/USR bits when filtering fixed counters Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 19/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is set Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 20/21] KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts Zide Chen
2026-11-12 20:32 ` [PATCH v4 21/21] KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test Zide Chen
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