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From: "Chen, Zide" <zide.chen@intel.com>
To: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.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: Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:16:35 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49798d13-f426-4834-9996-5d8f1f7dad4c@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <au4dVD2cZbvoqEa4@google.com>


>> @@ -214,9 +214,15 @@ static void amd_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  
>>  	pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_GP] = BIT_ULL(48) - 1;
>>  
>> -	pmu->reserved_bits = 0xfffffff000280000ull;
>> +	/*
>> +	 * AMD PerfEvtSeln registers do not support PinControl, and KVM does
>> +	 * not emulate AnyThread due to cross-VM information leakage on SMT
>> +	 * cores (as on the Intel side).
>> +	 */
>> +	pmu->eventsel_rsvd = GENMASK_ULL(63, 36) | ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_PIN_CONTROL |
>> +			     ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ANY;
> 
> It's probably better if we diff against the generic pmu->eventsel_rsvd
> set by kvm_pmu_refresh(), and explicitly add/remove bits as needed here,
> like the Intel code. Then we also avoid re-iterating the AnyThread
> rationale here.
> 
> What do you think?


Yes, I think this is better. How about this:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
index fb5a298244ec..15d4b94826f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
@@ -213,12 +213,11 @@ static void amd_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
        pmu->counter_bitmask[KVM_PMC_GP] = BIT_ULL(48) - 1;

/*
-      * AMD PerfEvtSeln registers do not support PinControl, and KVM does
-        * not emulate AnyThread due to cross-VM information leakage on SMT
-        * cores (as on the Intel side).
+        * AMD PerfEvtSeln registers do not support PinControl, but support
+        * a 12-bit EventSelect (bits 35:32 in addition to 7:0).
         */
-       pmu->eventsel_rsvd = GENMASK_ULL(63, 36) |
ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_PIN_CONTROL |
-                            ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ANY;
+       pmu->eventsel_rsvd |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_PIN_CONTROL;
+       pmu->eventsel_rsvd &= ~AMD64_EVENTSEL_EVENT;
        if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SVM) &&
kvm_vcpu_has_mediated_pmu(vcpu))
                pmu->eventsel_rsvd &= ~AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOST_GUEST_MASK;

> 
> 
>>  	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SVM) && kvm_vcpu_has_mediated_pmu(vcpu))
>> -		pmu->reserved_bits &= ~AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOST_GUEST_MASK;
>> +		pmu->eventsel_rsvd &= ~AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOST_GUEST_MASK;


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-06 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-06  1:39 [PATCH v3 00/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 01/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions Zide Chen
2026-11-06 18:19   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 02/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to pmc_exists Zide Chen
2026-11-06 18:21   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 03/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-11-06 18:37   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06 21:16     ` Chen, Zide [this message]
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 04/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers Zide Chen
2026-11-06 19:09   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06 22:19     ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 05/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu Zide Chen
2026-11-06 19:34   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 06/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules Zide Chen
2026-11-06 19:37   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 07/18] perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 08/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities Zide Chen
2026-11-06 20:05   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 09/18] perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 10/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Document GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET passthrough erratum Zide Chen
2026-11-06 20:14   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 11/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET MSR Zide Chen
2026-11-06 20:35   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 12/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE MSR Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 13/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap Zide Chen
2026-11-06 21:00   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 14/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Factor out fixed counter control bit calculation Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 15/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Mask only OS/USR bits when filtering fixed counters Zide Chen
2026-11-06 21:19   ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 16/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is set Zide Chen
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 17/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts Zide Chen
2026-11-06 21:20   ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-06  1:39 ` [PATCH v3 18/18] KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test Zide Chen

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