linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: x86: Intel LBR related perf cleanups.

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Message-ID: <20220831000051.4015031-1-seanjc@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:48 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: x86: Intel LBR related perf cleanups.

WAS: Bug fixes and cleanups related to KVM's handling of PERF_CAPABILITIES.

Fix a bug where KVM incorrectly advertises PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT to userspace if
perf has disabled LBRs, e.g. because probing one or more LBR MSRs during
setup hit a #GP.

The non-KVM patches remove unnecessary stubs and unreachable error paths,
which allows for a cleaner fix for said bug.

v3:
 - Drop patches for bug #1 (already merged).
 - Drop misguided "clean up the capability check" patch. [Like]

v2:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220803192658.860033-1-seanjc@google.com
 - Add patches to fix bug #2. [Like]
 - Add a patch to clean up the capability check.
 - Tweak the changelog for the PMU refresh bug fix to call out that
   KVM should disallow changing feature MSRs after KVM_RUN. [Like]

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220727233424.2968356-1-seanjc@google.com

Sean Christopherson (3):
  perf/x86/core: Remove unnecessary stubs provided for KVM-only helpers
  perf/x86/core: Drop the unnecessary return value from
    x86_perf_get_lbr()
  KVM: VMX: Advertise PMU LBRs if and only if perf supports LBRs

 arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c       |  6 +---
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 55 ++++++++-----------------------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h   |  5 ++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)


base-commit: 372d07084593dc7a399bf9bee815711b1fb1bcf2
-- 
2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog