linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/44] KVM: x86: Add support for mediated vPMUs

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Message-ID: <175824021167.1343722.9290387002572827825.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:10:50 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/44] KVM: x86: Add support for mediated vPMUs

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:56:22 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> This series is based on the fastpath+PMU cleanups series[*] (which is based on
> kvm/queue), but the non-KVM changes apply cleanly on v6.16 or Linus' tree.
> I.e. if you only care about the perf changes, I would just apply on whatever
> branch is convenient and stop when you hit the KVM changes.
> 
> My hope/plan is that the perf changes will go through the tip tree with a
> stable tag/branch, and the KVM changes will go the kvm-x86 tree.
> 
> [...]

Applied a subset (roughtly 1/4) of the KVM patches to kvm-x86 misc, as the full
thing is far too late for 6.18.  In a nutshell, all of the random prep work and
cleanups that aren't directly related to mediated PMU support.

I want to get "setup VMCS prior to kvm_x86_vendor_init()" in particular landed
to establish the order of setup operations.  The in-progress CET series moves
the _nested_ VMCS setup later, and I had a moment of panic that I was creating
incompatible patches.

[14/44] KVM: VMX: Setup canonical VMCS config prior to kvm_x86_vendor_init()
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4687a2c4e6a6
[15/44] KVM: SVM: Check pmu->version, not enable_pmu, when getting PMC MSRs
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e3d1f2826da6

[17/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Snapshot host (i.e. perf's) reported PMU capabilities
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/51f34b1e650f

[22/44] KVM: x86: Rename vmx_vmentry/vmexit_ctrl() helpers
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/1e24bece2681
[23/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Move PMU_CAP_{FW_WRITES,LBR_FMT} into msr-index.h header
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/cdfed9370b96
[24/44] KVM: x86: Rework KVM_REQ_MSR_FILTER_CHANGED into a generic RECALC_INTERCEPTS
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/6057497336bb
[25/44] KVM: x86: Use KVM_REQ_RECALC_INTERCEPTS to react to CPUID updates
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/5a1a726e68ff
[26/44] KVM: VMX: Add helpers to toggle/change a bit in VMCS execution controls
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/2bff2edf69ed

[29/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Use BIT_ULL() instead of open coded equivalents
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/30c0267f1581
[30/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Move initialization of valid PMCs bitmask to common x86
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/9bae7a086394
[31/44] KVM: x86/pmu: Restrict GLOBAL_{CTRL,STATUS}, fixed PMCs, and PEBS to PMU v2+
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/c49aa9837686

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