[PATCH v5 17/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Snapshot host (i.e. perf's) reported PMU capabilities

Sean Christopherson
2025-08-06T19:58:00Z

Take a snapshot of the unadulterated PMU capabilities provided by perf so
that KVM can compare guest vPMU capabilities against hardware capabilities
when determining whether or not to intercept PMU MSRs (and RDPMC).

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 3206412a35a1..0f3e011824ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
/* This is enough to filter the vast majority of currently defined events. */
#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_FILTER_MAX_EVENTS 300

+/* Unadultered PMU capabilities of the host, i.e. of hardware. */
+static struct x86_pmu_capability __read_mostly kvm_host_pmu;
+
+/* KVM's PMU capabilities, i.e. the intersection of KVM and hardware support. */
struct x86_pmu_capability __read_mostly kvm_pmu_cap;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_pmu_cap);

@@ -104,6 +108,8 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(const 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;

+ perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&kvm_host_pmu);
+
/*
* Hybrid PMUs don't play nice with virtualization without careful
* configuration by userspace, and KVM's APIs for reporting supported
@@ -114,18 +120,16 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(const struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
enable_pmu = false;

if (enable_pmu) {
- perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&kvm_pmu_cap);
-
/*
* WARN if perf did NOT disable hardware PMU if the number of
* architecturally required GP counters aren't present, i.e. if
* there are a non-zero number of counters, but fewer than what
* is architecturally required.
*/
- if (!kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp ||
- WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp < min_nr_gp_ctrs))
+ if (!kvm_host_pmu.num_counters_gp ||
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_host_pmu.num_counters_gp < min_nr_gp_ctrs))
enable_pmu = false;
- else if (is_intel && !kvm_pmu_cap.version)
+ else if (is_intel && !kvm_host_pmu.version)
enable_pmu = false;
}

@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ void kvm_init_pmu_capability(const struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
return;
}

+ memcpy(&kvm_pmu_cap, &kvm_host_pmu, sizeof(kvm_host_pmu));
kvm_pmu_cap.version = min(kvm_pmu_cap.version, 2);
kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp = min(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp,
pmu_ops->MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS);
--
2.50.1.565.gc32cd1483b-goog