From: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, zhao1.liu@intel.com, mtosatti@redhat.com,
sandipan.das@amd.com, babu.moger@amd.com, likexu@tencent.com,
like.xu.linux@gmail.com, groug@kaod.org, khorenko@virtuozzo.com,
alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com, den@virtuozzo.com,
davydov-max@yandex-team.ru, xiaoyao.li@intel.com,
dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com, joe.jin@oracle.com,
ewanhai-oc@zhaoxin.com, ewanhai@zhaoxin.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 2/9] target/i386: disable PERFCORE when "-pmu" is configured
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:43:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250624074421.40429-3-dongli.zhang@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250624074421.40429-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Currently, AMD PMU support isn't determined based on CPUID, that is, the
"-pmu" option does not fully disable KVM AMD PMU virtualization.
To minimize AMD PMU features, remove PERFCORE when "-pmu" is configured.
To completely disable AMD PMU virtualization will be implemented via
KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY in upcoming patches.
As a reminder, neither CPUID_EXT3_PERFCORE nor
CPUID_8000_0022_EAX_PERFMON_V2 is removed from env->features[] when "-pmu"
is configured. Developers should query whether they are supported via
cpu_x86_cpuid() rather than relying on env->features[] in future patches.
Suggested-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
---
Changed since v2:
- No need to check "kvm_enabled() && IS_AMD_CPU(env)".
Changed since v4:
- Add Reviewed-by from Sandipan.
target/i386/cpu.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 21494816d4..50757123eb 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -7768,6 +7768,10 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
!(env->hflags & HF_LMA_MASK)) {
*edx &= ~CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL;
}
+
+ if (!cpu->enable_pmu) {
+ *ecx &= ~CPUID_EXT3_PERFCORE;
+ }
break;
case 0x80000002:
case 0x80000003:
--
2.43.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-24 7:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-24 7:43 [PATCH v6 0/9] target/i386/kvm/pmu: PMU Enhancement, Bugfix and Cleanup Dongli Zhang
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 1/9] target/i386: disable PerfMonV2 when PERFCORE unavailable Dongli Zhang
2025-06-24 7:43 ` Dongli Zhang [this message]
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 3/9] target/i386/kvm: set KVM_PMU_CAP_DISABLE if "-pmu" is configured Dongli Zhang
2025-07-02 3:47 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 4/9] target/i386/kvm: extract unrelated code out of kvm_x86_build_cpuid() Dongli Zhang
2025-07-02 3:52 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 5/9] target/i386/kvm: rename architectural PMU variables Dongli Zhang
2025-08-13 9:18 ` Sandipan Das
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 6/9] target/i386/kvm: query kvm.enable_pmu parameter Dongli Zhang
2025-07-02 5:10 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 7/9] target/i386/kvm: reset AMD PMU registers during VM reset Dongli Zhang
2025-07-02 5:38 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 8/9] target/i386/kvm: support perfmon-v2 for reset Dongli Zhang
2025-06-24 7:43 ` [PATCH v6 9/9] target/i386/kvm: don't stop Intel PMU counters Dongli Zhang
2025-07-02 5:42 ` Mi, Dapeng
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