linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: x86: Do not mask LVTPC when handling a PMI on AMD platforms

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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 13:14:23 +0530
From: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
To: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <seanjc@...gle.com>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Do not mask LVTPC when handling a PMI on AMD platforms

On AMD and Hygon platforms, the local APIC does not automatically set
the mask bit of the LVTPC register when handling a PMI and there is
no need to clear it in the kernel's PMI handler.

For guests, the mask bit is currently set by kvm_apic_local_deliver()
and unless it is cleared by the guest kernel's PMI handler, PMIs stop
arriving and break use-cases like sampling with perf record.

This does not affect non-PerfMonV2 guests because PMIs are handled in
the guest kernel by x86_pmu_handle_irq() which always clears the LVTPC
mask bit irrespective of the vendor.

Before:

  $ perf record -e cycles:u true
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.001 MB perf.data (1 samples) ]

After:

  $ perf record -e cycles:u true
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.002 MB perf.data (19 samples) ]

Fixes: a16eb25b09c0 ("KVM: x86: Mask LVTPC when handling a PMI")
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 3242f3da2457..0959a887c306 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ int kvm_apic_local_deliver(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int lvt_type)
 		trig_mode = reg & APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;
 
 		r = __apic_accept_irq(apic, mode, vector, 1, trig_mode, NULL);
-		if (r && lvt_type == APIC_LVTPC)
+		if (r && lvt_type == APIC_LVTPC && !guest_cpuid_is_amd_or_hygon(apic->vcpu))
 			kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_LVTPC, reg | APIC_LVT_MASKED);
 		return r;
 	}
-- 
2.34.1