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From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: perf uncore & lkvm woes
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:56:14 +0200
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On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 09:40 +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
> 
> Peter, do I need to submit a patch disables uncore on virtualized CPU?
> 
I think Avi prefers the method where KVM 'fakes' the MSRs and we have to
detect if the MSRs actually work or not.

If you're willing to have a go at that, please do so. If you're not sure
how to do the KVM part, I'm sure Avi and/or Gleb can help you out.