[PATCH v4 03/11] target/i386: disable PERFCORE when "-pmu" is configured

Dongli Zhang
2025-04-16T21:57:59Z

Currently, AMD PMU support isn't determined based on CPUID, that is, the
"-pmu" option does not fully disable KVM AMD PMU virtualization.

To minimize AMD PMU features, remove PERFCORE when "-pmu" is configured.

To completely disable AMD PMU virtualization will be implemented via
KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY in upcoming patches.

As a reminder, neither CPUID_EXT3_PERFCORE nor
CPUID_8000_0022_EAX_PERFMON_V2 is removed from env->features[] when "-pmu"
is configured. Developers should query whether they are supported via
cpu_x86_cpuid() rather than relying on env->features[] in future patches.

Suggested-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
---
Changed since v2:
- No need to check "kvm_enabled() && IS_AMD_CPU(env)".

target/i386/cpu.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 2b87331be5..acbd627f7e 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -7242,6 +7242,10 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
!(env->hflags & HF_LMA_MASK)) {
*edx &= ~CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL;
}
+
+ if (!cpu->enable_pmu) {
+ *ecx &= ~CPUID_EXT3_PERFCORE;
+ }
break;
case 0x80000002:
case 0x80000003:
--
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