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    SubjectRe: [PATCH V5 1/2] perf ignore LBR and extra_regs
    Il 10/07/2014 12:59, kan.liang@intel.com ha scritto:
    > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
    >
    > x86, perf: Protect LBR and extra_regs against KVM lying
    >
    > With -cpu host, KVM reports LBR and extra_regs support, if the host has support.
    > When the guest perf driver tries to access LBR or extra_regs MSR,
    > it #GPs all MSR accesses,since KVM doesn't handle LBR and extra_regs support.
    > So check the related MSRs access right once at initialization time to avoid the error access at runtime.
    >
    > For reproducing the issue, please build the kernel with CONFIG_KVM_INTEL = y (for host kernel).
    > And CONFIG_PARAVIRT = n and CONFIG_KVM_GUEST = n (for guest kernel).

    I'm not sure this is a useful patch.

    This is #GP'ing just because of a limitation in the PMU; just compile
    the kernel with CONFIG_PARAVIRT, or split the "rdmsr is always
    rdmsr_safe" behavior out of CONFIG_PARAVIRT and into a new Kconfig symbol.

    In fact there's no reason why LBR cannot be virtualized (though it does
    need support from the processor), and it may even be possible to support
    OFFCORE_RSP_X in the KVM virtual PMU.

    Paolo


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