linux-kernel - Re: [06/34] perf, kvm: Support the intx/intx_cp modifiers in KVM arch perfmon emulation v2

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:05:09 +0200
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, eranian@...gle.com,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, avi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [06/34] perf, kvm: Support the intx/intx_cp modifiers in KVM
 arch perfmon emulation v2

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:19:14PM -0000, Andi Kleen wrote:
>  static inline u8 fixed_en_pmi(u64 ctrl, int idx)
> @@ -400,7 +407,7 @@ int kvm_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 data)
>  		} else if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, index, MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0))) {
>  			if (data == pmc->eventsel)
>  				return 0;
> -			if (!(data & 0xffffffff00200000ull)) {
> +			if (!(data & 0xfffffffc00200000ull)) {
>  				reprogram_gp_counter(pmc, data);
>  				return 0;
>  			}

Mask should depend on cpuid bits provided to a guest. SDM says TSX is
available if CPUID.(EAX=7, ECX=0):RTM[bit 11]=1, or  if
CPUID.07H.EBX.HLE [bit 4] = 1, so we need to check for this in
kvm_pmu_cpuid_update() and initialize mask accordingly.

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			Gleb.
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