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>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 4/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Snapshot host IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES in kvm_host
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:31:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260817183143.226156-5-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817183143.226156-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
From: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Cache the unadulterated snapshot of perf_capabilities so that KVM can
compare guest vPMU capabilities against raw hardware capabilities.
For example, if the host supports PERF_METRICS but it is not configured
for the guest, KVM can use it to determine that RDPMC accesses must be
intercepted.
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
v5: new patch.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 ++------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 8a4e542218a7..d893fa5be838 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ struct kvm_host_values {
u64 xss;
u64 s_cet;
u64 arch_capabilities;
+ u64 perf_capabilities;
};
extern struct kvm_host_values kvm_host;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index e3bfe6aca1a0..6e9d197982b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8023,14 +8023,10 @@ void vmx_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void)
{
u64 perf_cap = PERF_CAP_FW_WRITES;
- u64 host_perf_cap = 0;
if (!enable_pmu)
return 0;
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PDCM))
- rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, host_perf_cap);
-
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR) &&
!enable_mediated_pmu) {
x86_perf_get_lbr(&vmx_lbr_caps);
@@ -8043,11 +8039,11 @@ static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void)
if (!vmx_lbr_caps.has_callstack)
memset(&vmx_lbr_caps, 0, sizeof(vmx_lbr_caps));
else if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr)
- perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PERF_CAP_LBR_FMT;
+ perf_cap |= kvm_host.perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_LBR_FMT;
}
if (vmx_pebs_supported()) {
- perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PERF_CAP_PEBS_MASK;
+ perf_cap |= kvm_host.perf_capabilities & PERF_CAP_PEBS_MASK;
/*
* Disallow adaptive PEBS as it is functionally broken, can be
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index d94b59140c45..d349224d2734 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7083,6 +7083,10 @@ int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, kvm_host.arch_capabilities);
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PDCM))
+ rdmsrq_safe(MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES,
+ &kvm_host.perf_capabilities);
+
WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_nr_uret_msrs);
r = ops->hardware_setup();
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 18:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 18:31 [PATCH v8 0/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Add hardware Topdown metrics support Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Do not map fixed counters >= 3 to generic perf events Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Support Intel fixed counter 3 on mediated vPMU Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename and move vcpu_get_perf_capabilities() to pmu.h Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 21:45 ` Chen, Zide
2026-08-17 18:31 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Support PERF_METRICS MSR in mediated vPMU Zide Chen
2026-08-17 19:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 22:07 ` Chen, Zide
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Move RDPMC emulation into per-vendor callbacks Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate RDPMC on performance metrics Zide Chen
2026-08-17 19:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 22:02 ` Chen, Zide
2026-08-17 18:31 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] KVM: selftests: Add PERF_METRICS and fixed counter 3 tests Zide Chen
2026-08-17 18:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 21:44 ` Chen, Zide
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