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, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.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 05/23] perf/x86: Allow exclude_host events to run in non-root mode
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:19:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821222002.54907-6-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821222002.54907-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
On Intel, exclude_host events are prevented from running by masking
the Global Ctrl bits with ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask.
When PMU partitioning is enabled, the host is allowed to run
exclude_host events in non-root mode, while such events still need to
be masked in root mode, since there are no other checkpoints to stop
them from being scheduled in.
Add x86_pmu_partition_loaded() to distinguish scheduling constraints
from x86_pmu_partition_nmi_active(), as PMU partitioning constraints
apply in both the _PARTITION_PRELOAD and _PARTITION_NMI states.
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 6 ++++--
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index bbae68c49063..76af9cfaf0ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1813,6 +1813,17 @@ bool x86_pmu_partition_nmi_active(void)
state == GUEST_PMU_PARTITION_NMI;
}
+/*
+ * Skip for "fake" cpuc used during event validation, where
+ * per-CPU state like guest_pmu_state is meaningless.
+ */
+bool x86_pmu_partition_loaded(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
+{
+ return !cpuc->is_fake &&
+ pmu_partition_configured() &&
+ this_cpu_read(guest_pmu_state) != GUEST_PMU_NONE;
+}
+
u64 x86_pmu_current_partition_mask(void)
{
return this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events)->partition_mask;
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index c595c86ecf90..894f98eb871a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -2812,8 +2812,10 @@ static void __intel_pmu_enable_all(int added, bool pmi)
cpuc->active_fixed_ctrl_val = cpuc->fixed_ctrl_val;
}
- wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,
- intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask);
+ if (!x86_pmu_partition_loaded(cpuc))
+ intel_ctrl &= ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask;
+
+ wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, intel_ctrl);
if (test_bit(INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS, cpuc->active_mask)) {
struct perf_event *event =
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index d9875f3e6c8c..fa3023c355d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -1610,6 +1610,7 @@ static inline int is_pebs_pt(struct perf_event *event)
bool pmu_partition_configured(void);
bool x86_pmu_partition_nmi_active(void);
+bool x86_pmu_partition_loaded(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc);
u64 x86_pmu_current_partition_mask(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 22:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 22:19 [PATCH 00/23] perf/KVM: Support PMU partitioning for x86 platforms Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 01/23] perf/x86/intel: Guard counter masks against zero counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 02/23] perf, perf/x86: Pass partition mask from KVM to perf/x86 Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 03/23] perf/x86: Add GUEST_PMU states for PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 04/23] perf/x86: Split host/guest PMI handling under " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 06/23] perf/x86: Restrict !exclude_guest events to host-owned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 07/23] perf/x86: Apply PMU partition mask on static constraints Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 08/23] perf/x86: Export available PMU counters to sysfs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 09/23] perf: Skip exclude_guest events on PMU partitioned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 10/23] perf: Reschedule events across PMU partition transitions Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 11/23] perf, perf/x86: Allow host !exclude_guest events in PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 12/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Add the perfmon_mask module parameter Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 13/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Set up the PERFMON_MASK VMCS field Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 14/23] KVM: x86/pmu, perf/x86: Update effective PMU partition mask Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 15/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Relax MSR intercept policy under PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 16/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle FIXED_CTR_CTRL " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 17/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_CTRL " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 18/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_STATUS MSRs " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 19/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Always intercept GLOBAL_INUSE " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 20/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Request guest PMI for guest-induced PMIs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 21/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Enable PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 22/23] KVM: selftests: Fix PERF_METRICS test by checking FC3 availability Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 23/23] KVM: selftests: Allow no general purpose counters on the host Zide Chen
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