From: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>,
Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>,
Das Sandipan <Sandipan.Das@amd.com>,
Shukla Manali <Manali.Shukla@amd.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 16/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle FIXED_CTR_CTRL under PerfMon masking
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:19:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821222002.54907-17-zide.chen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821222002.54907-1-zide.chen@intel.com>
PerfMon masking affects reads from and writes to this MSR. The effective
mask is defined as bits 4n+3:4n and bits 4n+35:4n+32 being set if and
only if bit 32+n of the PerfMon mask is set (for 0 <= n <= 7).
KVM doesn't support some fixed-counter features, and
pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_rsvd is a subset of the effective mask above, so the
existing gating in intel_pmu_set_msr() is sufficient even under PerfMon
masking.
Upon guest PMU context load, OR the guest-owned bits with whatever the
hardware currently holds for every fixed-counter index the guest does
not own, before writing the result to the MSR.
During PMU context put, host-owned fixed counters may still be scheduled
for system-wide host events, so the host-owned bits should remain
unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 19ccc7cd319c..9236bfa15c41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -920,6 +920,33 @@ static void intel_pmu_write_global_ctrl(u64 global_ctrl)
vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, global_ctrl);
}
+static u64 intel_fixed_ctrl_host_bits(struct kvm_pmu *pmu)
+{
+ unsigned long fixed_mask;
+ u64 fixed_ctl;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!kvm_vcpu_has_perfmon_mask(pmu_to_vcpu(pmu)))
+ return 0;
+
+ fixed_mask = kvm_fixed_pmc_mask(pmu);
+
+ rdmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, fixed_ctl);
+
+ /*
+ * Use the full per-counter nibbles (bits 4n+3:4n and 4n+35:4n+32) to
+ * strip all bits belonging to guest-owned counters.
+ *
+ * pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_rsvd can't be used here since it can't gate bits
+ * that are not supported by KVM.
+ */
+ kvm_for_each_fixed_counter(i, fixed_mask)
+ fixed_ctl &= ~intel_fixed_bits_by_idx(i, GENMASK_ULL(3, 0) |
+ GENMASK_ULL(35, 32));
+
+ return fixed_ctl;
+}
+
static void intel_mediated_pmu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
@@ -935,7 +962,8 @@ static void intel_mediated_pmu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (pmu->global_status & toggle)
wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET, pmu->global_status & toggle);
- wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_hw);
+ wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL,
+ pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_hw | intel_fixed_ctrl_host_bits(pmu));
}
static void intel_mediated_pmu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -953,9 +981,15 @@ static void intel_mediated_pmu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* Clear hardware FIXED_CTR_CTRL MSR to avoid information leakage and
* also to avoid accidentally enabling fixed counters (based on guest
* state) while running in the host, e.g. when setting global ctrl.
+ *
+ * Keep the host-owned counters unchanged.
*/
- if (pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_hw)
- wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, 0);
+ if (pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_hw) {
+ u64 fixed_ctl = intel_fixed_ctrl_host_bits(pmu);
+
+ fixed_ctl &= ~pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl_hw;
+ wrmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, fixed_ctl);
+ }
if (kvm_vcpu_has_perf_metrics(vcpu)) {
pmu->perf_metrics = rdpmc(INTEL_PMC_FIXED_RDPMC_METRICS);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-21 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 22:19 [PATCH 00/23] perf/KVM: Support PMU partitioning for x86 platforms Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 01/23] perf/x86/intel: Guard counter masks against zero counters Zide Chen
2026-08-26 7:53 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 02/23] perf, perf/x86: Pass partition mask from KVM to perf/x86 Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 03/23] perf/x86: Add GUEST_PMU states for PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 04/23] perf/x86: Split host/guest PMI handling under " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 05/23] perf/x86: Allow exclude_host events to run in non-root mode Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 06/23] perf/x86: Restrict !exclude_guest events to host-owned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 07/23] perf/x86: Apply PMU partition mask on static constraints Zide Chen
2026-08-26 8:12 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 08/23] perf/x86: Export available PMU counters to sysfs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 09/23] perf: Skip exclude_guest events on PMU partitioned counters Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 10/23] perf: Reschedule events across PMU partition transitions Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 11/23] perf, perf/x86: Allow host !exclude_guest events in PMU partitioning Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 12/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Add the perfmon_mask module parameter Zide Chen
2026-08-26 8:18 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 13/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Set up the PERFMON_MASK VMCS field Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 14/23] KVM: x86/pmu, perf/x86: Update effective PMU partition mask Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 15/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Relax MSR intercept policy under PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` Zide Chen [this message]
2026-08-26 8:43 ` [PATCH 16/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle FIXED_CTR_CTRL " Mi, Dapeng
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 17/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_CTRL " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 18/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Handle GLOBAL_STATUS MSRs " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 19/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Always intercept GLOBAL_INUSE " Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:19 ` [PATCH 20/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Request guest PMI for guest-induced PMIs Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 21/23] KVM: x86/pmu: Enable PerfMon masking Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 22/23] KVM: selftests: Fix PERF_METRICS test by checking FC3 availability Zide Chen
2026-08-21 22:20 ` [PATCH 23/23] KVM: selftests: Allow no general purpose counters on the host Zide Chen
2026-08-26 7:52 ` [PATCH 00/23] perf/KVM: Support PMU partitioning for x86 platforms Mi, Dapeng
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