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;
next prev parent 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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