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Message-Id: <20220831223438.413090-1-weijiang.yang@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:34:23 -0400
From: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
To: pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: like.xu.linux@...il.com, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com,
wei.w.wang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 00/15] Introduce Architectural LBR for vPMU
Intel CPU model-specific LBR(Legacy LBR) evolved into Architectural
LBR(Arch LBR[0]), it's the replacement of legacy LBR on new platforms.
The native support patches were merged into 5.9 kernel tree, and this
patch series is to enable Arch LBR in vPMU so that guest can benefit
from the feature.
The main advantages of Arch LBR are [1]:
- Faster context switching due to XSAVES support and faster reset of
LBR MSRs via the new DEPTH MSR
- Faster LBR read for a non-PEBS event due to XSAVES support, which
lowers the overhead of the NMI handler.
- Linux kernel can support the LBR features without knowing the model
number of the current CPU.
>From end user's point of view, the usage of Arch LBR is the same as
the Legacy LBR that has been merged in the mainline.
Note, in this series, we impose one restriction for guest Arch LBR:
Guest can only set the same LBR record depth as host, this is due to
the special behavior of MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH: 1) On write to the MSR,
it'll reset all Arch LBR recording MSRs to 0s. 2) XRSTORS resets all
record MSRs to 0s if the saved depth mismatches MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH.
Enforcing the restriction keeps the KVM enabling patch simple and
straightforward.
The old patch series was queued in KVM/queue for a while and finally
moved to below branch after Paolo's refactor. This new patch set is
built on top of Paolo's work + some fixes, it's tested on legacy platform
(non-ArchLBR) and SPR platform(ArchLBR capable).
[0] https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c5/15/architecture-instruction-set-extensions-programming-reference.pdf
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1593780569-62993-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com/
Original patch set:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/log/?h=lbr-for-weijiang
Changes in this version:
1. Fixed some minor issues in the refactored patch set.
2. Added a few minor fixes due to recent vPMU code cleanup.
3. Removed Paolo's SOBs in some modified patches.
4. Rebased to queue:kvm/kvm.git
Like Xu (3):
perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR_INFO registers
KVM: vmx/pmu: Emulate MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH for guest Arch LBR
KVM: x86: Add XSAVE Support for Architectural LBR
Paolo Bonzini (4):
KVM: PMU: disable LBR handling if architectural LBR is available
KVM: vmx/pmu: Emulate MSR_ARCH_LBR_CTL for guest Arch LBR
KVM: VMX: Support passthrough of architectural LBRs
KVM: x86: Refine the matching and clearing logic for supported_xss
Sean Christopherson (1):
KVM: x86: Report XSS as an MSR to be saved if there are supported
features
Yang Weijiang (7):
KVM: x86: Refresh CPUID on writes to MSR_IA32_XSS
KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR MSRs to msrs_to_save_all list
KVM: x86/vmx: Check Arch LBR config when return perf capabilities
KVM: x86/vmx: Clear Arch LBREn bit before inject #DB to guest
KVM: x86/vmx: Flip Arch LBREn bit on guest state change
KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR data MSR access interface
KVM: x86/cpuid: Advertise Arch LBR feature in CPUID
arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h | 4 +
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 52 +++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h | 8 ++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 8 ++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 81 +++++++++++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 27 +++++-
10 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
base-commit: 372d07084593dc7a399bf9bee815711b1fb1bcf2
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2.27.0
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