From: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.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>,
Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 2/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Support Intel fixed counter 3 on mediated vPMU
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:21:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727192131.582105-3-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727192131.582105-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Starting with Ice Lake, Intel introduced fixed counter 3, which counts
TOPDOWN.SLOTS - the number of available slots for an unhalted logical
processor. It serves as the denominator for top-level metrics in the
Top-down Microarchitecture Analysis method.
Emulating this counter on legacy vPMU would require introducing a new
generic perf encoding for the Intel-specific TOPDOWN.SLOTS event in
order to call perf_get_hw_event_config(). This is undesirable as it
would pollute the generic perf event encoding.
Moreover, KVM does not intend to emulate IA32_PERF_METRICS in the
legacy vPMU model, and without IA32_PERF_METRICS, emulating this
counter has little practical value. Therefore, expose fixed counter
3 to guests only when mediated vPMU is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
v6:
- Update comments to replace 2 with KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_FIXED_COUNTERS - 1.
v3:
- Move the non-contiguous counter filter code to pmu.c
v2:
- Don't advertise fixed counter 3 to userspace if the host doesn't
support it.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 58f156ae31e7..7ff61651ef19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ struct kvm_pmc {
#define KVM_MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS KVM_MAX(KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_GP_COUNTERS, \
KVM_MAX_NR_AMD_GP_COUNTERS)
-#define KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_FIXED_COUNTERS 3
+#define KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_FIXED_COUNTERS 4
#define KVM_MAX_NR_AMD_FIXED_COUNTERS 0
#define KVM_MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS KVM_MAX(KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_FIXED_COUNTERS, \
KVM_MAX_NR_AMD_FIXED_COUNTERS)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index c230b18d87e3..3bf42d90ad14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static const u32 msrs_to_save_base[] = {
static const u32 msrs_to_save_pmu[] = {
MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0, MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR1,
- MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + 2,
+ MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR2, MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR3,
MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS,
MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,
MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, MSR_PEBS_DATA_CFG,
@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ void kvm_init_msr_lists(void)
{
unsigned i;
- BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(KVM_MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS != 3,
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(KVM_MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS != 4,
"Please update the fixed PMCs in msrs_to_save_pmu[]");
num_msrs_to_save = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 7f777049d328..2ae23e79d6da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <asm/perf_event.h>
#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
+#include <asm/cpuid/api.h>
#include "x86.h"
#include "cpuid.h"
#include "lapic.h"
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id vmx_pebs_pdist_cpu[] = {
* all perf counters (both gp and fixed). The mapping relationship
* between pmc and perf counters is as the following:
* * Intel: [0 .. KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_GP_COUNTERS-1] <=> gp counters
- * [KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX .. KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX + 2] <=> fixed
+ * [KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX .. KVM_FIXED_PMC_BASE_IDX +
+ * KVM_MAX_NR_INTEL_FIXED_COUNTERS - 1] <=> fixed
* * AMD: [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS-1] and, for families 15H
* and later, [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS_CORE-1] <=> gp counters
*/
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
{
bool is_intel = boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL;
int min_nr_gp_ctrs = pmu_ops->MIN_NR_GP_COUNTERS;
+ union cpuid10_edx edx;
+ u32 eax, ebx, ecx;
/*
* Hybrid PMUs don't play nice with virtualization without careful
@@ -181,6 +185,19 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed = min(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed,
KVM_MAX_NR_FIXED_COUNTERS);
+ /*
+ * Currently, KVM doesn't support non-contiguous fixed counters; make
+ * sure only contiguous ones are retained in kvm_pmu_cap.
+ */
+ if (kvm_host_pmu.version >= 5) {
+ cpuid(0xa, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx.full);
+ if (kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed > edx.split.num_counters_fixed)
+ kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed = edx.split.num_counters_fixed;
+ }
+
+ if (!enable_mediated_pmu && kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed > 3)
+ kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed = 3;
+
kvm_pmu_eventsel.INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED =
perf_get_hw_event_config(PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS);
kvm_pmu_eventsel.BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED =
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 19:21 [PATCH v7 0/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Add hardware Topdown metrics support Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 1/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Do not map fixed counters >= 3 to generic perf events Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:21 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-07-27 19:51 ` [PATCH v7 2/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Support Intel fixed counter 3 on mediated vPMU sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 22:44 ` Chen, Zide
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 3/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename and move vcpu_get_perf_capabilities() to pmu.h Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 22:19 ` Chen, Zide
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 4/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Snapshot host IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES in kvm_host Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 23:16 ` Chen, Zide
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 5/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Support PERF_METRICS MSR in mediated vPMU Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 23:55 ` Chen, Zide
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 6/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Move RDPMC emulation into per-vendor callbacks Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 7/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Restrict RDPMC passthrough to known CPUs Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 21:41 ` Chen, Zide
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 8/9] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate RDPMC on performance metrics Zide Chen
2026-07-27 19:21 ` [PATCH v7 9/9] KVM: selftests: Add PERF_METRICS and fixed counter 3 tests Zide Chen
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