Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] perf/x86: Skip checking MSR for MSR 0x0

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

On 2021/4/21 23:30, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, Like Xu wrote:
>> The Architecture LBR does not have MSR_LBR_TOS (0x000001c9).
>> When ARCH_LBR we don't set lbr_tos, the failure from the
>> check_msr() against MSR 0x000 will make x86_pmu.lbr_nr = 0,
>> thereby preventing the initialization of the guest LBR.
>>
>> Fixes: 47125db27e47 ("perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support Architectural LBR")
>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> index 5272f349dca2..5036496caa60 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> @@ -4751,10 +4751,10 @@ static bool check_msr(unsigned long msr, u64 mask)
>>   	u64 val_old, val_new, val_tmp;
>>   
>>   	/*
>> -	 * Disable the check for real HW, so we don't
>> +	 * Disable the check for real HW or non-sense msr, so we don't
> 
> I think this should be "undefined MSR" or something along those lines.  MSR 0x0
> is a "real" MSR, on Intel CPUs it's an alias for IA32_MC0_ADDR; at least it's
> supposed to be, most/all Intel CPUs incorrectly alias it to IA32_MC0_CTL.

Thank you, Sean.

<idle>-0       [000] dN.. 38980.032347: read_msr: 0, value fff

Do we have a historic story or specification for this kind of alias ?

#define MSR_IA32_MC0_ADDR               0x00000402
#define MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL                0x00000400

> 
> Anyways, my point is that if your definition of "nonsense" is any MSR that is
> not a valid perf MSR, then this check is woefully incompletely.  If your
> definition is a nonsensical value, then this comment is simply wrong.
> 
> What you're really looking for is precisely the case where the MSR was zero
> initialized and never defined.
> 
>>   	 * mess with potentionaly enabled registers:
>>   	 */
>> -	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
>> +	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) || !msr)
>>   		return true;
>>   
>>   	/*
>> -- 
>> 2.30.2
>>