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SubjectRe: perf with precise attribute kills all KVM based VMs
On 7/11/12 1:10 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> Looks like Avi is right about the overshoot. Can you test something like this?
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> index 166546e..5fb371a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> @@ -1374,8 +1374,11 @@ static struct perf_guest_switch_msr *intel_guest_get_msrs(int *nr)
> arr[0].msr = MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL;
> arr[0].host = x86_pmu.intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask;
> arr[0].guest = x86_pmu.intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask;
> + arr[1].msr = MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE;
> + arr[1].host = cpuc->pebs_enabled;
> + arr[1].guest = 0;
> + *nr = 2;
>
> - *nr = 1;
> return arr;
> }


Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>

Peter's patch is required as well. It's the combination that fixes the
problem.

David


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