From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
mingo@elte.hu, zheng.z.yan@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl_safe when initializing RAPL PMU.
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:17:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140314161745.GH3793@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHdzE--apBc_AQKiMUxubiX=pacUqebTfnQ+i0Kho1K2=Om1bw@mail.gmail.com>
> The Intel ISR section for RDMSR seems to say: "Specifying a reserved
> or unimplemented
> MSR address in ECX will also cause a general protection exception".
>
> From a guest's perspective, MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT is unimplemented; kvm matches
> this behavior.
MSRs are model specific and defined per model number. If you report a model
number you're expected to implement the MSRs defined for that model number.
AFAIK Xen just reports 0 for unknown MSRs (and I'm surprised KVM doesn't too)
I would suggest to fix KVM.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-14 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-13 19:36 [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl_safe when initializing RAPL PMU Venkatesh Srinivas
2014-03-14 8:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-14 13:56 ` Andi Kleen
2014-03-14 15:21 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2014-03-14 16:17 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2014-03-14 16:57 ` David Ahern
2014-03-14 23:07 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2014-04-18 13:08 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl_safe() " tip-bot for Venkatesh Srinivas
2014-04-23 14:31 ` [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl_safe " Stephane Eranian
2014-04-23 14:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-04-23 14:49 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-04-23 15:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-04-23 15:14 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-04-23 15:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-04-23 15:18 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-04-23 15:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-04-23 15:44 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-04-23 15:55 ` Borislav Petkov
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2014-03-07 4:42 Venkatesh Srinivas
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