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Message-ID: <2537aa0b-8893-4df6-9cfc-c33bad9e7515@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 15:15:49 +0800
From: "Mi, Dapeng" <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
Jinrong Liang <cloudliang@...cent.com>,
Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/20] KVM: x86/pmu: Allow programming events that
match unsupported arch events
On 11/4/2023 8:02 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove KVM's bogus restriction that the guest can't program an event whose
> encoding matches an unsupported architectural event. The enumeration of
> an architectural event only says that if a CPU supports an architectural
> event, then the event can be programmed using the architectural encoding.
> The enumeration does NOT say anything about the encoding when the CPU
> doesn't report support the architectural event.
>
> Preventing the guest from counting events whose encoding happens to match
> an architectural event breaks existing functionality whenever Intel adds
> an architectural encoding that was *ever* used for a CPU that doesn't
> enumerate support for the architectural event, even if the encoding is for
> the exact same event!
>
> E.g. the architectural encoding for Top-Down Slots is 0x01a4. Broadwell
> CPUs, which do not support the Top-Down Slots architectural event, 0x10a4
> is a valid, model-specific event. Denying guest usage of 0x01a4 if/when
> KVM adds support for Top-Down slots would break any Broadwell-based guest.
>
> Reported-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2004baa6-b494-462c-a11f-8104ea152c6a@linux.intel.com
> Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
> Fixes: a21864486f7e ("KVM: x86/pmu: Fix available_event_types check for REF_CPU_CYCLES event")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-pmu-ops.h | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 6 ----
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 38 --------------------------
> 5 files changed, 47 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-pmu-ops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-pmu-ops.h
> index 6c98f4bb4228..884af8ef7657 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-pmu-ops.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-pmu-ops.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ BUILD_BUG_ON(1)
> * a NULL definition, for example if "static_call_cond()" will be used
> * at the call sites.
> */
> -KVM_X86_PMU_OP(hw_event_available)
> KVM_X86_PMU_OP(pmc_idx_to_pmc)
> KVM_X86_PMU_OP(rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc)
> KVM_X86_PMU_OP(msr_idx_to_pmc)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> index 9ae07db6f0f6..99ed72966528 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> @@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static bool check_pmu_event_filter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
> static bool pmc_event_is_allowed(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
> {
> return pmc_is_globally_enabled(pmc) && pmc_speculative_in_use(pmc) &&
> - static_call(kvm_x86_pmu_hw_event_available)(pmc) &&
> check_pmu_event_filter(pmc);
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
> index 5341e8f69a22..f3e7a356fd81 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
>
> struct kvm_pmu_ops {
> void (*init_pmu_capability)(void);
> - bool (*hw_event_available)(struct kvm_pmc *pmc);
> struct kvm_pmc *(*pmc_idx_to_pmc)(struct kvm_pmu *pmu, int pmc_idx);
> struct kvm_pmc *(*rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> unsigned int idx, u64 *mask);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> index 373ff6a6687b..5596fe816ea8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> @@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ static inline struct kvm_pmc *get_gp_pmc_amd(struct kvm_pmu *pmu, u32 msr,
> return amd_pmc_idx_to_pmc(pmu, idx);
> }
>
> -static bool amd_hw_event_available(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
> -{
> - return true;
> -}
> -
> static bool amd_is_valid_rdpmc_ecx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int idx)
> {
> struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> @@ -249,7 +244,6 @@ static void amd_pmu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> }
>
> struct kvm_pmu_ops amd_pmu_ops __initdata = {
> - .hw_event_available = amd_hw_event_available,
> .pmc_idx_to_pmc = amd_pmc_idx_to_pmc,
> .rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc = amd_rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc,
> .msr_idx_to_pmc = amd_msr_idx_to_pmc,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> index b239e7dbdc9b..9bf700da1e17 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
> @@ -140,43 +140,6 @@ static struct kvm_pmc *intel_pmc_idx_to_pmc(struct kvm_pmu *pmu, int pmc_idx)
> }
> }
>
> -static bool intel_hw_event_available(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
> -{
> - struct kvm_pmu *pmu = pmc_to_pmu(pmc);
> - u8 event_select = pmc->eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT;
> - u8 unit_mask = (pmc->eventsel & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_UMASK) >> 8;
> - int i;
> -
> - /*
> - * Fixed counters are always available if KVM reaches this point. If a
> - * fixed counter is unsupported in hardware or guest CPUID, KVM doesn't
> - * allow the counter's corresponding MSR to be written. KVM does use
> - * architectural events to program fixed counters, as the interface to
> - * perf doesn't allow requesting a specific fixed counter, e.g. perf
> - * may (sadly) back a guest fixed PMC with a general purposed counter.
> - * But if _hardware_ doesn't support the associated event, KVM simply
> - * doesn't enumerate support for the fixed counter.
> - */
> - if (pmc_is_fixed(pmc))
> - return true;
> -
> - BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(intel_arch_events) != NR_INTEL_ARCH_EVENTS);
> -
> - /*
> - * Disallow events reported as unavailable in guest CPUID. Note, this
> - * doesn't apply to pseudo-architectural events (see above).
> - */
> - for (i = 0; i < NR_REAL_INTEL_ARCH_EVENTS; i++) {
> - if (intel_arch_events[i].eventsel != event_select ||
> - intel_arch_events[i].unit_mask != unit_mask)
> - continue;
> -
> - return pmu->available_event_types & BIT(i);
> - }
> -
> - return true;
> -}
> -
> static bool intel_is_valid_rdpmc_ecx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int idx)
> {
> struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> @@ -842,7 +805,6 @@ void intel_pmu_cross_mapped_check(struct kvm_pmu *pmu)
>
> struct kvm_pmu_ops intel_pmu_ops __initdata = {
> .init_pmu_capability = intel_init_pmu_capability,
> - .hw_event_available = intel_hw_event_available,
> .pmc_idx_to_pmc = intel_pmc_idx_to_pmc,
> .rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc = intel_rdpmc_ecx_to_pmc,
> .msr_idx_to_pmc = intel_msr_idx_to_pmc,
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
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