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, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.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 18/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_STATUS MSRs under PerfMon masking
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:19:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821222002.54907-19-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821222002.54907-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
For IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS{,_SET,_RESET}, the effective mask under
PerfMon masking is perfmon_mask. Writes that set bits outside the
effective mask must #GP, so use ~perfmon_mask as the effective
reserved-bit mask instead of global_status_rsvd.
At guest context load, keep host-owned GLOBAL_STATUS bits unchanged
because system-wide events may be scheduled on host-owned resources
while running in VMX non-root mode.
Likewise, at guest context put, preserve host-owned bits and clear
only the guest-owned subset from hardware GLOBAL_STATUS, leaving
pmu->global_status containing only guest-owned bits.
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 13 ++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index b051ba66edce..23177c38f286 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -922,12 +922,15 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
u32 msr = msr_info->index;
u64 data = msr_info->data;
- u64 diff;
+ u64 global_status_rsvd, diff;
/*
* Note, AMD ignores writes to reserved bits and read-only PMU MSRs,
* whereas Intel generates #GP on attempts to write reserved/RO MSRs.
*/
+ global_status_rsvd = kvm_vcpu_has_perfmon_mask(vcpu) ?
+ ~pmu->perfmon_mask : pmu->global_status_rsvd;
+
switch (msr) {
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
@@ -938,7 +941,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
break;
- if (data & pmu->global_status_rsvd)
+ if (data & global_status_rsvd)
return 1;
pmu->global_status = data;
@@ -967,7 +970,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
* GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, a.k.a. GLOBAL STATUS_RESET, clears bits in
* GLOBAL_STATUS, and so the set of reserved bits is the same.
*/
- if (data & pmu->global_status_rsvd)
+ if (data & global_status_rsvd)
return 1;
fallthrough;
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_CLR:
@@ -975,14 +978,14 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
pmu->global_status &= ~data;
break;
case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
- if (data & pmu->global_status_rsvd)
+ if (data & global_status_rsvd)
return 1;
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
pmu->global_status |= data;
break;
case MSR_AMD64_PERF_CNTR_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET:
if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
- pmu->global_status |= data & ~pmu->global_status_rsvd;
+ pmu->global_status |= data & ~global_status_rsvd;
break;
default:
kvm_pmu_mark_pmc_in_use(vcpu, msr_info->index);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index d0373de951d5..e43380f79c72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -968,6 +968,14 @@ static void intel_mediated_pmu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 host_global_ctrl)
rdmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS, global_status);
toggle = pmu->global_status ^ global_status;
+
+ /*
+ * Restrict OVF_CTRL/STATUS_SET writes to guest-owned bits under
+ * PerfMon masking.
+ */
+ if (kvm_vcpu_has_perfmon_mask(vcpu))
+ toggle &= pmu->perfmon_mask;
+
if (global_status & toggle)
wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, global_status & toggle);
if (pmu->global_status & toggle)
@@ -984,7 +992,14 @@ static void intel_mediated_pmu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL is already saved at VM-exit. */
rdmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS, pmu->global_status);
- /* Clear hardware MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS MSR, if non-zero. */
+ /*
+ * Clear only the guest-owned bits from the hardware GLOBAL_STATUS
+ * if any are set. pmu->global_status is then left holding just the
+ * guest-owned subset.
+ */
+ if (kvm_vcpu_has_perfmon_mask(vcpu))
+ pmu->global_status &= pmu->perfmon_mask;
+
if (pmu->global_status)
wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, pmu->global_status);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 22:19 [PATCH 00/23] perf/KVM: Support PMU partitioning for x86 platforms Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 01/23] perf/x86/intel: Guard counter masks against zero counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 02/23] perf, perf/x86: Pass partition mask from KVM to perf/x86 Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 03/23] perf/x86: Add GUEST_PMU states for PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 04/23] perf/x86: Split host/guest PMI handling under " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 05/23] perf/x86: Allow exclude_host events to run in non-root mode Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 06/23] perf/x86: Restrict !exclude_guest events to host-owned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 07/23] perf/x86: Apply PMU partition mask on static constraints Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 08/23] perf/x86: Export available PMU counters to sysfs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 09/23] perf: Skip exclude_guest events on PMU partitioned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 10/23] perf: Reschedule events across PMU partition transitions Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 11/23] perf, perf/x86: Allow host !exclude_guest events in PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 12/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Add the perfmon_mask module parameter Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 13/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Set up the PERFMON_MASK VMCS field Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 14/23] KVM: x86/pmu, perf/x86: Update effective PMU partition mask Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 15/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Relax MSR intercept policy under PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 16/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle FIXED_CTR_CTRL " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 17/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_CTRL " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 19/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Always intercept GLOBAL_INUSE " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 20/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Request guest PMI for guest-induced PMIs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 21/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Enable PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 22/23] KVM: selftests: Fix PERF_METRICS test by checking FC3 availability Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 23/23] KVM: selftests: Allow no general purpose counters on the host Zide Chen
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