Re: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: x86: selftests: Set up AMD VM in pmu_counters_test

[Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> > >> +static void test_core_counters(void)
> > >> +{
> > >> +    uint8_t nr_counters = nr_core_counters();
> > >> +    bool core_ext = kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PERF_CTR_EXT_CORE);
> > >> +    bool perf_mon_v2 = kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PERF_MON_V2);
> > >> +    struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> > >> +    struct kvm_vm *vm;
> >
> > >> -    kvm_pmu_version = kvm_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_PMU_VERSION);
> > >> -    kvm_has_perf_caps = kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PDCM);
> > >> +    vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_test_core_counters);
> >
> > >> -    test_intel_counters();
> > >> +    /* This property may not be there in older underlying CPUs,
> > >> +     * but it simplifies the test code for it to be set
> > >> +     * unconditionally.

But then the test isn't verifying that KVM is honoring the architecture.  I.e.
backdooring information to the guest risks getting false passes because KVM
incorrectly peeks at the same information, which shouldn't exist.

> > >> +     */

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> > >> +    vcpu_set_cpuid_property(vcpu, X86_PROPERTY_NUM_PERF_CTR_CORE,
> > >> nr_counters);
> > >> +    if (core_ext)
> > >> +            vcpu_set_cpuid_feature(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERF_CTR_EXT_CORE);
> > >> +    if (perf_mon_v2)
> > >> +            vcpu_set_cpuid_feature(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PERF_MON_V2);
> >
> > > hmm, I think this might not be enough. So, when the baremetal machine
> > > supports Perfmon v2, this code is just testing v2. But we should be able
> > > to test anything below v2, ie., v1, v1 without core_ext. So, three
> > > cases need to be tested here: v1 with 4 counters; v1 with core_ext (6
> > > counters); v2.
> >
> > > If, the machine running this selftest does not support v2 but it does
> > > support core extension, then we fall back to test v1 with 4 counters and
> > > v1 with 6 counters.
> >
> > This should cover all cases the way I wrote it. I detect the number of
> > counters in nr_core_counters(). That tells me if I am dealing with 4 or
> > 6 and then I set the cpuid property based on that so I can read that
> > number in later code instead of duplicating the logic.
> 
> right. in the current code, you set up the counters properly according
> to the hw capability. But the test can do more on a hw with perfmon
> v2, right? Because it can test multiple combinations of setup for a
> VM: say v1 + 4 counters and v1 + 6 counters etc. I am just following
> the style of this selftest on Intel side, in which they do a similar
> kind of enumeration of PMU version + PDCM capabilities. In each
> configuration, it will invoke a VM and do the test.

Ya.  This is similar my comments on setting NUM_PER_CTR_CORE when the field
shouldn't exist.  One of the main goals of this test is to verify the KVM honors
the architecture based on userspace's defined virtual CPU model, i.e. guest
CPUID.  That means testing all (or at least, within reason) possible combinations
that can feasibly be supported by KVM given the underlying hardware.

As written, this essentially just tests the maximal configuration that can be
exposed to a guest, which isn't _that_ interesting because KVM tends to get plenty
of coverage for such setups, e.g. by running "real" VMs.