linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix unchecked MSR access error for Alder Lake N

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:08:55 +0200
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        Jianfeng Gao <jianfeng.gao@...el.com>,
        Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix unchecked MSR access error for
 Alder Lake N


> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> index 2db93498ff71..232e24324fd7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> @@ -4473,6 +4473,11 @@ static bool init_hybrid_pmu(int cpu)
>   	struct x86_hybrid_pmu *pmu = NULL;
>   	int i;
>   
> +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
> +		pr_warn_once("hybrid PMU and virt are incompatible\n");
> +		return false;
> +	}

It's totally possible to virtualize hybrid correctly, so I don't think 
this is justified

-Andi