Re: [PATCH v2 14/15] KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR data MSR access interface

Yang, Weijiang
2023-01-31T13:14:27Z

On 1/31/2023 1:30 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, Yang, Weijiang wrote:
>> On 1/28/2023 6:13 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022, Yang Weijiang wrote:
>>>> Arch LBR MSRs are xsave-supported, but they're operated as "independent"
>>>> xsave feature by PMU code, i.e., during thread/process context switch,
>>>> the MSRs are saved/restored with perf_event_task_sched_{in|out} instead
>>>> of generic kernel fpu switch code, i.e.,save_fpregs_to_fpstate() and
>>>> restore_fpregs_from_fpstate(). When vcpu guest/host fpu state swap happens,
>>>> Arch LBR MSRs are retained so they can be accessed directly.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang<weijiang.yang@intel.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Kan Liang<kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
>>>> index b57944d5e7d8..241128972776 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
>>>> @@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ static int intel_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
>>>> msr_info->data = vmcs_read64(GUEST_IA32_LBR_CTL);
>>>> }
>>>> return 0;
>>>> + case MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_FROM_0 + 31:
>>>> + case MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_TO_0 + 31:
>>>> + case MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 ... MSR_ARCH_LBR_INFO_0 + 31:
>>>> + rdmsrl(msr_info->index, msr_info->data);
>>> I don't see how this is correct. As called out in patch 5:
>>>
>>> : If for some magical reason it's safe to access arch LBR MSRs without disabling
>>> : IRQs and confirming perf event ownership, I want to see a very detailed changelog
>>> : explaining exactly how that magic works.
>> The MSR lists here are just for live migration. When arch-lbr is active,
>> these MSRs are passed through to guest.
> None of that explains how the guest's MSR values are guaranteed to be resident
> in hardware.

I ignored host *event* scheduling case in commit log.

My understanding is, host LBR *event* could break in at any point when
the vCPU is running,

in this case disabling IRQs before read/write the MSRs is pointless
because the HW context could have

been swapped. I need to do more investigation for the issue.