linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND 1/2] perf/x86: Skip checking MSR for MSR 0x0

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:18:24 +0800
From:   Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] perf/x86: Skip checking MSR for MSR 0x0

The Architecture LBR does not have MSR_LBR_TOS (0x000001c9).
When ARCH_LBR we don't set lbr_tos, the failure from the
check_msr() against MSR 0x000 will make x86_pmu.lbr_nr = 0,
thereby preventing the initialization of the guest LBR.

Fixes: 47125db27e47 ("perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support Architectural LBR")
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 5272f349dca2..5036496caa60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -4751,10 +4751,10 @@ static bool check_msr(unsigned long msr, u64 mask)
 	u64 val_old, val_new, val_tmp;
 
 	/*
-	 * Disable the check for real HW, so we don't
+	 * Disable the check for real HW or non-sense msr, so we don't
 	 * mess with potentionaly enabled registers:
 	 */
-	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) || !msr)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
-- 
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