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, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.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 v3 00/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 18:39:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106013927.166209-1-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
KVM currently caps the guest Intel architectural PMU version at 2. This
series bumps it to PerfMon v5 and adds support for some features that
are introduced in PerfMon v3-v5.
- CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap (v5): supersedes EDX[4:0] and
lets KVM/guests represent non-contiguous fixed counters (e.g. some
E-core server parts skip fixed counter 3).
- Support IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET (v4): inherits MSR 0x390 and its
emulation from IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL without KVM code changes;
document its mediated-PMU passthrough erratum in errata.rst.
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (v4): lets software set
individual bits in the global status MSR.
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE (v4): reports which counters
and PMI are currently claimed.
- Implement ANYTHREAD_DEPRECATION capability.
Intel PerfMon v5 doesn't support non-contiguous GP counters; however,
this series lays the groundwork for GP counter bitmap support anyway,
for consistency with the host perf API interface, and prepares for
Perfmon Masking support.
Freeze_PerfMon_On_PMI virtualization is not implemented because, as
commit 3daa96d67274 ("perf/intel: Remove Perfmon-v4 counter_freezing
support") states, the Freeze-on-PMI mechanism violates the perf counter
independence.
Streamlined Freeze_LBRs_On_PMI is not implemented because LBR is not
yet supported on mediated vPMU.
Mutual exclusion between Intel PT and mediated vPMU, to prevent host PT
PMIs from asserting IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS.Trace_ToPA_PMI (bit 55)
while guest PMU context is loaded, as analyzed by Yosry Ahmed, is left
out of this series and will be addressed in a separate follow-up patch.
Tests are described in v2 cover letter.
Patch series summary:
patch 1-3: Code cleanups.
patch 4-9: Implement PMC bitmap support across perf and KVM.
patch 10-16: Implement PerfMon v4-v5 new features.
patch 17: Advertise PerfMon version up to v5 on Intel hosts.
patch 18: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test selftest.
Rebased on kvm-x86/next: commit dea4f6380f4e ("Merge branch 'vmx'")
v3 changes:
- Dropped v2 patch 4 ("Gate BUFFER_OVF reserved bit on guest DS") (Jim).
- New patch 10 to document the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET passthrough
erratum in errata.rst.
- New patch 15 to mask only OS/USR bits when filtering fixed counters,
preventing AnyThread leakage into hardware and preserving METRICS_CLEAR_EN.
- Split MSR 0x391 and MSR 0x392 emulation into separate patches.
- Always intercept IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE to
prevent hardware state divergence (Jim).
- Reject bit 63 (CondChgd) writes to GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (Jim).
- Keep the AnyThread bit guest-visible while removing it from the
hardware-visible states (Jim).
- Address other minor review comments from LKML, also some fixes
suggested by AI tools.
- Collected Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags.
v2 changes:
- Dropped v1 11/15: KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate streamlined Freeze-LBR-on-PMI
- New patch 4/15 to gate BUFFER_OVF reserved bit on guest DS feature.
- Some renames:
- all_valid_pmc_mask to pmc_exists;
- add _is to kvm_{gp,fixed}_pmc_supported();
- split kvm_for_each_set_pmc_idx() to kvm_for_each_{gp,fixed}_counter().
- Add missing AnyThr handling in IA32_FIXED_CTR_CTRL and advertise
anythread_deprecated only if kvm_pmu_cap.version >= 5.
- Cap vPMU v3/v4 to v2, as AnyThread cannot be safely virtualized.
- Miscellaneous updates to changelogs and some minor fixes.
Previous versions:
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260827223755.143247-1-zide.chen@intel.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/amj-5YH-LSwZOLow@google.com/T/#u
Dapeng Mi (6):
KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu
perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap
KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities
perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability
KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts
KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test
Zide Chen (12):
KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to pmc_exists
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu
KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers
KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules
KVM: x86/pmu: Document GLOBAL_STATUS_RESET passthrough erratum
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET MSR
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE MSR
KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap
KVM: x86/pmu: Factor out fixed counter control bit calculation
KVM: x86/pmu: Mask only OS/USR bits when filtering fixed counters
KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is set
Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/errata.rst | 10 +-
arch/x86/events/core.c | 8 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 13 +-
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 21 +-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 87 +++++---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 54 ++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 37 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 18 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 196 +++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 28 ++-
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 6 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c | 28 ++-
16 files changed, 379 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)
--
2.56.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 1:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 1:39 Zide Chen [this message]
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
2026-11-06 22:38 ` Yosry Ahmed
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 22:35 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-09 7:53 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-11-09 17:56 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 17:55 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 18:07 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-09 18:59 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 21:12 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-09 21:59 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 22:07 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-09 22:26 ` 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
2026-11-07 0:42 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-07 2:26 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-11-09 22:42 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 22:47 ` Chen, Zide
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
2026-11-09 21:22 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 20:50 ` Jim Mattson
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
2026-11-10 0:41 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 20:51 ` Jim Mattson
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
2026-11-09 23:44 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-09 20:53 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-06 1:39 ` [PATCH v3 12/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE MSR Zide Chen
2026-11-09 20:54 ` Jim Mattson
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
2026-11-09 20:41 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-10 6:28 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-11-10 16:29 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-10 22:56 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-11 0:25 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-11-11 3:28 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-11 15:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-11-11 17:06 ` Chen, Zide
2026-11-12 17:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-11-12 17:47 ` Chen, Zide
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
2026-11-09 20:56 ` Jim Mattson
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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