From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: Apply more accurate check on hypervisor platform
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:46:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190725074631.GF31381@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1564022366-18293-1-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:39:26AM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> check_msr is used to fix a bug report in guest where KVM doesn't support
> LBR MSR and cause #GP.
>
> The msr check is bypassed on real HW to workaround a false failure,
> see commit d0e1a507bdc7 ("perf/x86/intel: Disable check_msr for real HW")
>
> When running a guest with CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST not set or "nopv"
> enabled, current check isn't enough and #GP could trigger.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Thanks!
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2019-07-25 2:39 [PATCH] perf/x86: Apply more accurate check on hypervisor platform Zhenzhong Duan
2019-07-25 7:46 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-07-25 16:07 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Zhenzhong Duan
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