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Peter Anvin" , linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Yongwei Ma , Xiong Zhang , Dapeng Mi , Jim Mattson , Sandipan Das , Zide Chen , Eranian Stephane , Shukla Manali , Nikunj Dadhania Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Mon, Mar 24, 2025, Mingwei Zhang wrote: > From: Dapeng Mi > > Add perf_capabilities in kvm_host_values{} structure to record host perf > capabilities. KVM needs to know if host supports some PMU capabilities > and then decide if passthrough or intercept some PMU MSRs or instruction > like rdpmc, e.g. If host supports PERF_METRICES, but guest is configured > not to support it, then rdpmc instruction needs to be intercepted. This is wrong (spoiler alert). This patch can be dropped.