| From: |
| Zide Chen <zide.chen-AT-intel.com> |
| To: |
| Sean Christopherson <seanjc-AT-google.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini-AT-redhat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz-AT-infradead.org> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 00/15] KVM: x86/pmu: Add mediated vPMU PerfMon v5 support |
| Date: |
| Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:33:50 -0700 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20260707183405.15571-1-zide.chen@intel.com> |
| Cc: |
| kvm-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson-AT-google.com>, Mingwei Zhang <mizhang-AT-google.com>, Zide Chen <zide.chen-AT-intel.com>, Das Sandipan <Sandipan.Das-AT-amd.com>, Shukla Manali <Manali.Shukla-AT-amd.com>, Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi-AT-linux.intel.com>, Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon-AT-intel.com>, Xudong Hao <xudong.hao-AT-intel.com> |
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KVM currently caps the guest Intel architectural PMU version at 2. This
series bumps it to PerfMon v5 and adds support for some features that
are introduced in PerfMon v3-v5.
- CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap (v5): supersedes EDX[4:0] and
lets KVM/guests represent non-contiguous fixed counters (e.g. some
E-core server parts skip fixed counter 3).
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS_SET (v4): lets software set
individual bits in the global status MSR.
- Add support for IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_INUSE (v4): reports which counters
and PMI are currently claimed.
- Add support for streamlined Freeze_LBRs_On_PMI.
- Implement ANYTHREAD_DEPRECATION capability.
Intel PerfMon v5 doesn't support non-contiguous GP counters; however,
this series lays the groundwork for GP counter bitmap support anyway,
for consistency with the host perf API interface, and prepares for
perfmon_mask support.
Freeze_PerfMon_On_PMI virtualization is not implemented because as
commit 3daa96d67274 ("perf/intel: Remove Perfmon-v4 counter_freezing
support") states, the Freeze-on-PMI mechanism violates the perf counter
independence.
Patch series summary:
patch 1-3: Code cleanup: rename and remove redundant definitions.
patch 4-9: Implement PMC bitmap support.
patch 10-13: Implement PerfMon v3-v5 new features.
patch 14: Advertise Perfmon version up to v5.
patch 15: Fix pmu_counters_test selftests fixed counter test case.
This patchset is on top of the Topdown metrics patchset:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260629231938.15129-1-zide.c...
Dapeng Mi (6):
KVM: x86/pmu: Drop nr_arch_{gp,fixed}_counters from kvm_pmu
perf/x86: Plumb counter bitmap from x86_pmu to x86_pmu_cap
KVM: x86/pmu: Switch to bitmask-based KVM PMU capabilities
perf/x86: Remove num_counters_{gp,fixed} from x86_pmu_capability
KVM: x86/pmu: Advertise PerfMon version 5 on Intel hosts
KVM: selftests: Support fixed counters bitmap in pmu_counters_test
Zide Chen (9):
KVM: x86/pmu: Remove redundant Perf Global Status MSR bit definitions
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename all_valid_pmc_idx to all_valid_pmc_mask
KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reserved_bits to eventsel_rsvd in kvm_pmu
KVM: x86/pmu: Add PMC bitmap accessor helpers
KVM: x86/pmu: Expose kvm_host_pmu to vendor modules
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate the GLOBAL_STATUS_SET and GLOBAL_INUSE MSRs
KVM: x86/pmu: Emulate streamlined Freeze-LBR-on-PMI
KVM: x86/pmu: Populate CPUID.0AH:ECX fixed-counter bitmap
KVM: x86/pmu: Ignore AnyThread bit if CPUID.0AH:EDX[15] is not set
arch/x86/events/core.c | 8 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 12 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 10 +-
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 19 +-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 86 +++++----
arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h | 56 +++++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 31 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 14 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 167 +++++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/pmu_counters_test.c | 25 ++-
14 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)
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