linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/5] KVM: x86: Intel LBR related perf cleanups

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Date:   Thu,  1 Sep 2022 17:32:53 +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 v4 0/5]  KVM: x86: Intel LBR related perf cleanups

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 (backporting is unlikely to be
necessary/requested).

v4
 - Make vmx_get_perf_capabilities() non-inline to avoid references to
   x86_perf_get_lbr() when CPU_SUP_INTEL=n. [kernel test robot]

v3:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220831000051.4015031-1-seanjc@google.com
 - 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 (5):
  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: Move vmx_get_perf_capabilities() definition to vmx.c
  KVM: VMX: Fold vmx_supported_debugctl() into vcpu_supported_debugctl()
  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   | 39 ++--------------------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c            | 37 ++++++++++++++++++---
 4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)


base-commit: 372d07084593dc7a399bf9bee815711b1fb1bcf2
-- 
2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog