linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:21:07 -0700
From:	Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@...gle.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	zheng.z.yan@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Use rdmsrl_safe when initializing RAPL PMU.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 09:44:29AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:36:26PM -0700, Venkatesh Srinivas wrote:
>> > CPUs which should support the RAPL counters according to
>> > Family/Model/Stepping may still issue #GP when attempting to access
>> > the RAPL MSRs. This may happen when Linux is running under KVM and
>> > we are passing-through host F/M/S data, for example. Use rdmsrl_safe
>> > to first access the RAPL_POWER_UNIT MSR; if this fails, do not
>> > attempt to use this PMU.
>>
>> This kvm thing is getting tedious :-(
>
> It sounds bogus to me too, VMs are supposed to return 0
> on reading unknown MSRs, no #GP.

The Intel ISR section for RDMSR seems to say: "Specifying a reserved
or unimplemented
MSR address in ECX will also cause a general protection exception".

>From a guest's perspective, MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT is unimplemented; kvm matches
this behavior.

Thanks,
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