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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:28:32 -0800
From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>,
Dongli Cao <caodongli@...gsoft.com>,
Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: X86: Emulate APERF/MPERF to report actual vCPU frequency
On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 8:06 PM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Thanks for your detailed comments.
>
> On 29/12/2021 9:11 am, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 5:34 AM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
> >>
> >> The aperf/mperf are used to report current CPU frequency after 7d5905dc14a.
> >> But guest kernel always reports a fixed vCPU frequency in the /proc/cpuinfo,
> >> which may confuse users especially when turbo is enabled on the host or
> >> when the vCPU has a noisy high power consumption neighbour task.
> >>
> >> Most guests such as Linux will only read accesses to AMPERF msrs, where
> >> we can passthrough registers to the vcpu as the fast-path (a performance win)
> >> and once any write accesses are trapped, the emulation will be switched to
> >> slow-path, which emulates guest APERF/MPERF values based on host values.
> >> In emulation mode, the returned MPERF msr value will be scaled according
> >> to the TSCRatio value.
> >>
> >> As a minimum effort, KVM exposes the AMPERF feature when the host TSC
> >> has CONSTANT and NONSTOP features, to avoid the need for more code
> >> to cover various coner cases coming from host power throttling transitions.
> >>
> >> The slow path code reveals an opportunity to refactor update_vcpu_amperf()
> >> and get_host_amperf() to be more flexible and generic, to cover more
> >> power-related msrs.
> >>
> >> Requested-by: Dongli Cao <caodongli@...gsoft.com>
> >> Requested-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
> >> ---
> >> v1 -> v2 Changelog:
> >> - Use MSR_TYPE_R to passthrough as a fast path;
> >> - Use [svm|vmx]_set_msr for emulation as a slow path;
> >> - Interact MPERF with TSC scaling (Jim Mattson);
> >> - Drop bool hw_coord_fb_cap with cpuid check;
> >> - Add TSC CONSTANT and NONSTOP cpuid check;
> >> - Duplicate static_call(kvm_x86_run) to make the branch predictor happier;
> >>
> >> Previous:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20200623063530.81917-1-like.xu@linux.intel.com/
> >>
> >> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 12 +++++
> >> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 3 ++
> >> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h | 22 +++++++++
> >> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 15 ++++++
> >> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 2 +-
> >> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 18 ++++++-
> >> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >> 7 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >> index ce622b89c5d8..1cad3992439e 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
> >>
> >> #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 1024
> >>
> >> +#define KVM_MAX_NUM_HWP_MSR 2
> >> +
> >> /*
> >> * In x86, the VCPU ID corresponds to the APIC ID, and APIC IDs
> >> * might be larger than the actual number of VCPUs because the
> >> @@ -562,6 +564,14 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer {
> >> bool msg_pending;
> >> };
> >>
> >> +/* vCPU thermal and power context */
> >> +struct kvm_vcpu_hwp {
> >> + bool fast_path;
> >> + /* [0], APERF msr, increases with the current/actual frequency */
> >> + /* [1], MPERF msr, increases with a fixed frequency */
> >
> > According to the SDM, volume 3, section 18.7.2,
> > * The TSC, IA32_MPERF, and IA32_FIXED_CTR2 operate at close to the
> > maximum non-turbo frequency, which is equal to the product of scalable
> > bus frequency and maximum non-turbo ratio.
>
> For AMD, it will be the P0 frequency.
>
> >
> > It's important to note that IA32_MPERF operates at close to the same
> > frequency of the TSC. If that were not the case, your comment
> > regarding IA32_APERF would be incorrect.
>
> Yes, how does this look:
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index f8f978bc9ec3..d422bf8669ca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_hv_stimer {
> struct kvm_vcpu_hwp {
> bool fast_path;
> /* [0], APERF msr, increases with the current/actual frequency */
> - /* [1], MPERF msr, increases with a fixed frequency */
> + /* [1], MPERF msr, increases at the same fixed frequency as the TSC */
> u64 msrs[KVM_MAX_NUM_HWP_MSR];
> };
That looks fine from the Intel perspective. (Note that I have not
looked at AMD's documentation yet.)
> >
> > For example, suppose that the TSC frequency were 2.0 GHz, the
> > current/actual frequency were 2.2 GHz, and the IA32_MPERF frequency
> > were 133 MHz. In that case, the IA32_APERF MSR would increase at 146.3
> > MHz.
> >
>
> >> + u64 msrs[KVM_MAX_NUM_HWP_MSR];
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> /* Hyper-V synthetic interrupt controller (SynIC)*/
> >> struct kvm_vcpu_hv_synic {
> >> u64 version;
> >> @@ -887,6 +897,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >> /* AMD MSRC001_0015 Hardware Configuration */
> >> u64 msr_hwcr;
> >>
> >> + struct kvm_vcpu_hwp hwp;
> >> +
> >> /* pv related cpuid info */
> >> struct {
> >> /*
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> index 0b920e12bb6d..e20e5e8c2b3a 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> >> @@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
> >> entry->eax = 0x4; /* allow ARAT */
> >> entry->ebx = 0;
> >> entry->ecx = 0;
> >> + /* allow aperf/mperf to report the true vCPU frequency. */
> >> + if (kvm_cpu_cap_has_amperf())
> >> + entry->ecx |= (1 << 0);
> >> entry->edx = 0;
> >> break;
> >> /* function 7 has additional index. */
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> >> index c99edfff7f82..741949b407b7 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> >> @@ -154,6 +154,28 @@ static inline int guest_cpuid_stepping(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> return x86_stepping(best->eax);
> >> }
> >>
> >> +static inline bool kvm_cpu_cap_has_amperf(void)
> >> +{
> >> + return boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF) &&
> >> + boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC) &&
> >> + boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static inline bool guest_support_amperf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> +{
> >> + struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
> >> +
> >> + if (!kvm_cpu_cap_has_amperf())
> >> + return false;
> >> +
> >> + best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x6, 0);
> >> + if (!best || !(best->ecx & 0x1))
> >> + return false;
> >> +
> >> + best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x80000007, 0);
> >> + return best && (best->edx & (1 << 8));
> > Nit: Use BIT().
>
> Applied.
>
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> static inline bool guest_has_spec_ctrl_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> {
> >> return (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) ||
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> >> index 5557867dcb69..2873c7f132bd 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> >> @@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ static const struct svm_direct_access_msrs {
> >> { .index = MSR_EFER, .always = false },
> >> { .index = MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, .always = false },
> >> { .index = MSR_AMD64_SEV_ES_GHCB, .always = true },
> >> + { .index = MSR_IA32_MPERF, .always = false },
> >> + { .index = MSR_IA32_APERF, .always = false },
> >> { .index = MSR_INVALID, .always = false },
> >> };
> >>
> >> @@ -1218,6 +1220,12 @@ static inline void init_vmcb_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> /* No need to intercept these MSRs */
> >> set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, 1, 1);
> >> set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, 1, 1);
> >> +
> >> + if (guest_support_amperf(vcpu)) {
> >> + set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_MPERF, 1, 0);
> >> + set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_APERF, 1, 0);
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path = true;
> >> + }
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> @@ -3078,6 +3086,13 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
> >> svm->msr_decfg = data;
> >> break;
> >> }
> >> + case MSR_IA32_APERF:
> >> + case MSR_IA32_MPERF:
> >> + if (vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path) {
> >> + set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_MPERF, 0, 0);
> >> + set_msr_interception(vcpu, svm->msrpm, MSR_IA32_APERF, 0, 0);
> >> + }
> >> + return kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr);
> >> default:
> >> return kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr);
> >> }
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> >> index 9f153c59f2c8..ad4659811620 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> >> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
> >> #define IOPM_SIZE PAGE_SIZE * 3
> >> #define MSRPM_SIZE PAGE_SIZE * 2
> >>
> >> -#define MAX_DIRECT_ACCESS_MSRS 20
> >> +#define MAX_DIRECT_ACCESS_MSRS 22
> >> #define MSRPM_OFFSETS 16
> >> extern u32 msrpm_offsets[MSRPM_OFFSETS] __read_mostly;
> >> extern bool npt_enabled;
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> >> index 1d53b8144f83..8998042107d2 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> >> @@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ static bool is_valid_passthrough_msr(u32 msr)
> >> case MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM ... MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM + 8:
> >> case MSR_LBR_CORE_TO ... MSR_LBR_CORE_TO + 8:
> >> /* LBR MSRs. These are handled in vmx_update_intercept_for_lbr_msrs() */
> >> + case MSR_IA32_MPERF:
> >> + case MSR_IA32_APERF:
> >> + /* AMPERF MSRs. These are passthrough when all access is read-only. */
> >
> > Even if all accesses are read-only, these MSRs cannot be pass-through
> > when the 'Use TSC scaling' VM-execution control is set and the TSC
> > multiplier is anything other than 1.
>
> If all accesses are read-only, rdmsr will not be trapped and in that case:
>
> The value read is scaled by the TSCRatio value (MSR C000_0104h) for
> guest reads, but the underlying counters are not affected. Reads in host
> mode or writes to MPERF are not affected. [AMD APM 17.3.2]
It's nice of AMD to scale reads of IA32_MPERF. That certainly
simplifies the problem of virtualizing these MSRs. However, Intel is
not so kind.
> >
> > Suppose, for example, that the vCPU has a TSC frequency of 2.2 GHz,
> > but it is running on a host with a TSC frequency of 2.0 GHz. The
> > effective IA32_MPERF frequency should be the same as the vCPU TSC
> > frequency (scaled by the TSC multiplier), rather than the host
> > IA32_MPERF frequency.
>
> I guess that Intel's implementation will also imply the effect of
> the TSC multiplier for guest reads. Please let me know if I'm wrong.
>From the description of the "Use TSC scaling" VM-execution control in
Table 23-7: "This control determines whether executions of RDTSC,
executions of RDTSCP, and executions of RDMSR that read from the
IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER MSR return a value modified by the TSC
multiplier field (see Section 23.6.5 and Section 24.3)."
If you want to scale guest reads of IA32_MPERF, you will have to
intercept them and perform the scaling in software.
> >
> >> return true;
> >> }
> >>
> >> @@ -2224,7 +2227,14 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> }
> >> ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
> >> break;
> >> -
> >> + case MSR_IA32_APERF:
> >> + case MSR_IA32_MPERF:
> >> + if (vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path) {
> >> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_APERF, MSR_TYPE_RW, true);
> >> + vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_MPERF, MSR_TYPE_RW, true);
> >> + }
> >> + ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
> >> + break;
> >> default:
> >> find_uret_msr:
> >> msr = vmx_find_uret_msr(vmx, msr_index);
> >> @@ -6928,6 +6938,12 @@ static int vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_C7_RESIDENCY, MSR_TYPE_R);
> >> }
> >>
> >> + if (guest_support_amperf(vcpu)) {
> >> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_MPERF, MSR_TYPE_R);
> >> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_APERF, MSR_TYPE_R);
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path = true;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> vmx->loaded_vmcs = &vmx->vmcs01;
> >>
> >> if (cpu_need_virtualize_apic_accesses(vcpu)) {
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> >> index 42bde45a1bc2..7a6355815493 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> >> @@ -1376,6 +1376,8 @@ static const u32 msrs_to_save_all[] = {
> >> MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL3, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL4, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTL5,
> >> MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR0, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR1, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR2,
> >> MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR3, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR4, MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR5,
> >> +
> >> + MSR_IA32_APERF, MSR_IA32_MPERF,
> >> };
> >>
> >> static u32 msrs_to_save[ARRAY_SIZE(msrs_to_save_all)];
> >> @@ -3685,6 +3687,16 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> return 1;
> >> vcpu->arch.msr_misc_features_enables = data;
> >> break;
> >> + case MSR_IA32_APERF:
> >> + case MSR_IA32_MPERF:
> >> + /* Ignore meaningless value overrides from user space.*/
> >> + if (msr_info->host_initiated)
> >> + return 0;
> >
> > Without these meaningless overrides from userspace, how do we ensure
> > that the guest derives the correct IA32_APERF/IA32_MPERF ratio for a
>
> The guest cares about the ratio of the two deltas rather than APERF/MPERF ratio.
>
> Effective frequency = {(APERF − APERF_INIT) / (MPERF − MPERF_INIT)} * P0 frequency
My question was, "How do you ensure the deltas are correct when
APERF_INIT and MPERF_INIT are sampled before live migration and APERF
and MPERF are sampled after live migration?" (Using your equation
above.)
> > set of measurements that span a live migration? For that matter, how
> > do we ensure that the deltas are even positive?
>
> Once we allow the user space to restore AMPERF msr values different from
> the host values, the slow path will be walked and we try to avoid this kind
> of case due to overhead, whatever for live migration or pCPU migration.
Nonetheless, your implementation does not work.
> >
> > For example, suppose that the VM has migrated from a host with an
> > IA32_MPERF value of 0x0000123456789abc to a host with an IA32_MPERF
> > value of 0x000000123456789a. If the guest sampled IA32_MPERF before
> > and after live migration, it would see the counter go backwards, which
>
> Yes, it will happen since without more hints from KVM, the user space
> can't be sure if the save/restore time is in the sample period of AMPERF.
> And even worse, guest could manipulate reading order of the AMPERF.
>
> The proposal is to *let it happen* because it causes no harm, in the meantime,
> what the guest really cares about is the deltas ratio, not the accuracy of
> individual msr values, and if the result in this sample is ridiculous, the guest
> should go and pick the result from the next sample.
You do not get to define the architecture. The CPU vendors have
already done that. Your job is to adhere to the architectural
specification.
> Maybe we could add fault tolerance for AMPERF in the guest, something like
> a retry mechnism or just discarding extreme values to follow statistical methods.
That sounds like a parairtual approach to me. There is nothing in the
architectural specification that suggests that such mechanisms are
necessary.
> The good news is the robustness like Linux guest on this issue is appreciated.
> (9a6c2c3c7a73ce315c57c1b002caad6fcc858d0f and more stuff)
>
> Considering that the sampling period of amperf is relatively frequent compared
> with the workload runtime and it statistically reports the right vCPU frequency,
> do you think this meaningless proposal is acceptable or practicable ?
My opinion is that your proposal is unacceptable, but I am not a decision maker.
> > should not happen.
> >
> >> + if (!guest_support_amperf(vcpu))
> >> + return 1;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[MSR_IA32_APERF - msr] = data;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path = false;
> >> + break;
> >> default:
> >> if (kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr(vcpu, msr))
> >> return kvm_pmu_set_msr(vcpu, msr_info);
> >> @@ -4005,6 +4017,17 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >> case MSR_K7_HWCR:
> >> msr_info->data = vcpu->arch.msr_hwcr;
> >> break;
> >> + case MSR_IA32_APERF:
> >> + case MSR_IA32_MPERF: {
> > ]> + u64 value;
> >> +
> >> + if (!msr_info->host_initiated && !guest_support_amperf(vcpu))
> >> + return 1;
> >> + value = vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[MSR_IA32_APERF - msr_info->index];
> >> + msr_info->data = (msr_info->index == MSR_IA32_APERF) ? value :
> >> + kvm_scale_tsc(vcpu, value, vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio);
> >
> > I think it makes more sense to perform the scaling before storing the
> > IA32_MPERF value in vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[].
>
> Emm, do you really need to add more instruction cycles in the each call
> of update_vcpu_amperf() in the critical path vcpu_enter_guest(), since the
> calls to kvm_get_msr_commom() are relatively sparse.
One possible alternative may be for kvm to take over the IA32_MPERF
and IA32_APERF MSRs on sched-in. That may result in less overhead.
> Will we get a functional error if we defer the kvm_scale_tsc() operation ?
If you accumulate IA32_MPERF cycles from multiple hosts with different
IA32_MPERF frequencies and you defer the kvm_scale_tsc operation,
then, yes, this is broken.
> >
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> default:
> >> if (kvm_pmu_is_valid_msr(vcpu, msr_info->index))
> >> return kvm_pmu_get_msr(vcpu, msr_info);
> >> @@ -9688,6 +9711,53 @@ void __kvm_request_immediate_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> }
> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kvm_request_immediate_exit);
> >>
> >> +static inline void get_host_amperf(u64 msrs[])
> >> +{
> >> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, msrs[0]);
> >> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, msrs[1]);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static inline u64 get_amperf_delta(u64 enter, u64 exit)
> >> +{
> >> + if (likely(exit >= enter))
> >> + return exit - enter;
> >> +
> >> + return ULONG_MAX - enter + exit;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static inline void update_vcpu_amperf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 adelta, u64 mdelta)
> >> +{
> >> + u64 aperf_left, mperf_left, delta, tmp;
> >> +
> >> + aperf_left = ULONG_MAX - vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0];
> >> + mperf_left = ULONG_MAX - vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1];
> >> +
> >> + /* Fast path when neither MSR overflows */
> >> + if (adelta <= aperf_left && mdelta <= mperf_left) {
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0] += adelta;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1] += mdelta;
> >> + return;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + /* When either MSR overflows, both MSRs are reset to zero and continue to increment. */
> >> + delta = min(adelta, mdelta);
> >> + if (delta > aperf_left || delta > mperf_left) {
> >> + tmp = max(vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0], vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1]);
> >> + tmp = delta - (ULONG_MAX - tmp) - 1;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0] = tmp + adelta - delta;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1] = tmp + mdelta - delta;
> >> + return;
> >> + }
> >
> > I don't believe that the math above is correct in the general case. It
> > appears to assume that the counters are running at the same frequency.
>
> Are you saying that if the guest counter is not considered to be running
> at the same frequency as the host, we need to wrap mdelta with
> kvm_scale_tsc() to accumulate the mdelta difference for a vmentry/exit ?
No. I just think your math/logic is wrong. Consider the following example:
At time t0, IA32_MPERF is -1000, and IA32_APERF is -1999. At time t1,
IA32_MPERF and IA32_APERF are both 1. Even assuming a constant CPU
frequency between t0 and t1, the possible range of actual frequency
are from half the TSC frequency to double the TSC frequency,
exclusive. If IA32_APERF is counting at just over half the TSC
frequency, then IA32_MPERF will hit 0 first. In this case, at t1, the
MPERF delta will be 1001, and the APERF delta will be ~502. However,
if IA32_APERF is counting at just under double the TSC frequency, then
IA32_APERF will hit 0 first, but just barely. In this case, at t1, the
MPERF delta will be ~1000, and the APERF delta will be 2000.
Your code only works in the latter case, where both IA32_APERF and
IA32_MPERF hit 0 at the same time. The fundamental problem is the
handling of the wrap-around in get_amperf_delta. You construct the
wrap-around delta as if the counter went all the way to ULONG_MAX
before being reset to 0, yet, we know that one of the counters is not
likely to have made it that far.
> > The whole point of this exercise is that the counters do not always
> > run at the same frequency.
> >
> >> +
> >> + if (mdelta > adelta && mdelta > aperf_left) {
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0] = 0;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1] = mdelta - mperf_left - 1;
> >> + } else {
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[0] = adelta - aperf_left - 1;
> >> + vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs[1] = 0;
> >> + }
> >
> > I don't understand this code at all. It seems quite unlikely that you
>
> The value of two msr's will affect the other when one overflows:
>
> * When either MSR overflows, both MSRs are reset to zero and
> continue to increment. [Intel SDM, CHAPTER 14, 14.2]
>
> > are ever going to catch a wraparound at just the right point for one
> > of the MSRs to be 0. Moreover, since the two counters are not counting
> > the same thing, it doesn't seem likely that it would ever be correct
> > to derive the guest's IA32_APERF value from IA32_MPERF or vice versa.
> >
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> /*
> >> * Returns 1 to let vcpu_run() continue the guest execution loop without
> >> * exiting to the userspace. Otherwise, the value will be returned to the
> >> @@ -9700,7 +9770,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> dm_request_for_irq_injection(vcpu) &&
> >> kvm_cpu_accept_dm_intr(vcpu);
> >> fastpath_t exit_fastpath;
> >> -
> >> + u64 before[2], after[2];
> >> bool req_immediate_exit = false;
> >>
> >> /* Forbid vmenter if vcpu dirty ring is soft-full */
> >> @@ -9942,7 +10012,16 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> */
> >> WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_apicv_activated(vcpu->kvm) != kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu));
> >>
> >> - exit_fastpath = static_call(kvm_x86_run)(vcpu);
> >> + if (likely(vcpu->arch.hwp.fast_path)) {
> >> + exit_fastpath = static_call(kvm_x86_run)(vcpu);
> >> + } else {
> >> + get_host_amperf(before);
> >> + exit_fastpath = static_call(kvm_x86_run)(vcpu);
> >> + get_host_amperf(after);
> >> + update_vcpu_amperf(vcpu, get_amperf_delta(before[0], after[0]),
> >> + get_amperf_delta(before[1], after[1]));
> >> + }
> >> +
> > The slow path is awfully expensive here. Shouldn't there also be an
> > option to do none of this, if the guest doesn't advertise CPUID.06H:
> > ECX[0]?
>
> Yes, it looks pretty good to me and let me figure it out.
Your slow path seems fundamentally broken, in that IA32_MPERF only
counts while the vCPU thread is running. It should count all of the
time, just as the guest TSC does. For example, we offer a low-cost VM
that is throttled to run at most 50% of the time. Anyone looking at
the APERF/MPERF ratio for such a VM should see the 50% duty cycle
reflected as IA32_APERF advancing at half the frequency of IA32_MPERF.
However, if IA32_MPERF only advances when the vCPU thread is running,
the apparent performance will be inflated by 2x.
> >
> >> if (likely(exit_fastpath != EXIT_FASTPATH_REENTER_GUEST))
> >> break;
> >>
> >> @@ -11138,6 +11217,8 @@ void kvm_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
> >> vcpu->arch.xcr0 = XFEATURE_MASK_FP;
> >> }
> >>
> >> + memset(vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs, 0, sizeof(vcpu->arch.hwp.msrs));
> >> +
> >> /* All GPRs except RDX (handled below) are zeroed on RESET/INIT. */
> >> memset(vcpu->arch.regs, 0, sizeof(vcpu->arch.regs));
> >> kvm_register_mark_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RSP);
> >> --
> >> 2.33.1
> >>
> >
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