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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:29:06 -0400 From: Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@...il.com> To: kan.liang@...el.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, andi@...stfloor.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] perf ignore LBR and offcore_rsp. On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:14 PM, <kan.liang@...el.com> wrote: > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com> > > x86, perf: Protect LBR and offcore rsp against KVM lying > > With -cpu host, KVM reports LBR and offcore support, if the host has support. > When the guest perf driver tries to access LBR or offcore_rsp MSR, > it #GPs all MSR accesses,since KVM doesn't handle LBR and offcore support. > So check the related MSRs access right once at initialization time to avoid the error access at runtime. > > For reproducing the issue, please build the kernel with CONFIG_KVM_INTEL = y. This is for host kernel, > And CONFIG_PARAVIRT = n and CONFIG_KVM_GUEST = n. And this is for guest kernel, right? -Jidong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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