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Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 17:12:35 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 17/38] KVM: x86/pmu: Add perf_capabilities field in
struct kvm_host_values{}
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Add perf_capabilities in kvm_host_values{} structure to record host perf
> capabilities. KVM needs to know if host supports some PMU capabilities
> and then decide if passthrough or intercept some PMU MSRs or instruction
> like rdpmc, e.g. If host supports PERF_METRICES, but guest is configured
> not to support it, then rdpmc instruction needs to be intercepted.
This is wrong (spoiler alert). This patch can be dropped.
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