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 17/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 18:39:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106013927.166209-18-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106013927.166209-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
KVM currently caps the guest PerfMon version at 2 for all Intel
platforms. Now that KVM emulates the basic architectural PMU features
introduced in PerfMon versions 3 through 5, raise the guest PerfMon
version to 5. Features that require additional emulation support, e.g.
architectural LBR will be enabled separately.
PerfMon versions 3 and 4 continue to be exposed as version 2 because
KVM cannot safely virtualize AnyThread due to cross-VM information
leakage. PerfMon v5 is supported because it provides the
AnyThread-deprecated capability, allowing KVM to indicate that
AnyThread is deprecated.
When enable_mediated_pmu is disabled or in the non-Intel paths, KVM
retains the existing cap of version 2.
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
---
v3:
- Simplify version cap logic since mediated PMU already requires
version >= 4. (Jim)
v2:
- Cap vPMU v3/v4 to v2, as AnyThread cannot be safely virtualized.
(Sashiko)
---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index afb3e18a9879..f949fdbf359c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -175,7 +175,17 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
}
memcpy(&kvm_pmu_cap, &kvm_host_pmu, sizeof(kvm_host_pmu));
- kvm_pmu_cap.version = min(kvm_pmu_cap.version, 2);
+
+ /*
+ * PMU v3/v4 has AnyThread support, which KVM cannot safely virtualize.
+ * Only expose PMU v5+ for Intel mediated PMU, where AnyThread is
+ * deprecated; otherwise, cap at PMU v2.
+ */
+ if (is_intel && enable_mediated_pmu && kvm_pmu_cap.version >= 5)
+ kvm_pmu_cap.version = 5;
+ else
+ kvm_pmu_cap.version = min(kvm_pmu_cap.version, 2);
+
kvm_pmu_cap.cntr_mask64 &=
GENMASK_ULL(pmu_ops->MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS - 1, 0);
kvm_pmu_cap.fixed_cntr_mask64 &=
--
2.56.0
next prev parent 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 [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
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 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-11-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 17/18] KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts 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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