linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] perf/x86/core: Update x86_pmu.pebs_capable for ICELAKE

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Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:52:13 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] perf/x86/core: Update x86_pmu.pebs_capable for
 ICELAKE_{X,D}

On 7/21/22 12:35, Like Xu wrote:
> From: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
> 
> Ice Lake microarchitecture with EPT-Friendly PEBS capability also support
> the Extended feature, which means that all counters (both fixed function
> and general purpose counters) can be used for PEBS events.
> 
> Update x86_pmu.pebs_capable like SPR to apply PEBS_ALL semantics.
> 
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
> Fixes: fb358e0b811e ("perf/x86/intel: Add EPT-Friendly PEBS for Ice Lake Server")
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> index 4e9b7af9cc45..e46fd496187b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> @@ -6239,6 +6239,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
>   	case INTEL_FAM6_ICELAKE_X:
>   	case INTEL_FAM6_ICELAKE_D:
>   		x86_pmu.pebs_ept = 1;
> +		x86_pmu.pebs_capable = ~0ULL;
>   		pmem = true;
>   		fallthrough;
>   	case INTEL_FAM6_ICELAKE_L:

Peter, can you please ack this (you were not CCed on this KVM series but 
this patch is really perf core)?

Thanks,

Paolo