RE: [PATCH v2 7/8] KVM: PMU: support to save/restore the guest lbr stack on vCPU switching

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Wei Wang
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 7:31 PM
> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx;
> ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx; peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mingo@xxxxxxxxxx;
> rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx; like.xu@xxxxxxxxx; wei.w.wang@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH v2 7/8] KVM: PMU: support to save/restore the guest lbr stack
> on vCPU switching
> 
> From: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch adds support to KVM to save/restore the lbr stack on vCPU
> context switching.
> 
> When the guest sets the ACTIVE bit of MSR_KVM_PV_LBR_CTRL, a perf event
> is created on the host for the related vCPU. This perf event ensures the
> LBR stack to be saved/restored when the vCPU thread is scheduled out/in.
> The perf event is removed and freed when the guest clears the ACTIVE
> bit.
> 

What about live migration? Does LBR stack need to be saved on the source side and
restored on the dest side with the passthrough mode?

Thanks,
-Gonglei

> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c            |  3 +-
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c        | 71
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 5db5ba3..cfbe90f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ struct kvm_pmu {
>  	struct kvm_pmc fixed_counters[INTEL_PMC_MAX_FIXED];
>  	struct irq_work irq_work;
>  	u64 reprogram_pmi;
> +	u64 kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl;
> +	struct perf_event *guest_lbr_event;
>  };
> 
>  struct kvm_pmu_ops;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 3b8a57b..8550eee 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct
> kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
>  			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT) |
>  			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) |
>  			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT) |
> -			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI);
> +			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI) |
> +			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_LBR_CTRL);
> 
>  		if (sched_info_on())
>  			entry->eax |= (1 << KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c
> index 5ab4a36..27c028d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_intel.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,62 @@ static void global_ctrl_changed(struct kvm_pmu *pmu,
> u64 data)
>  		reprogram_counter(pmu, bit);
>  }
> 
> +static void guest_lbr_event_create(struct kvm_pmu *pmu)
> +{
> +	struct perf_event *event;
> +	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
> +		.type = PERF_TYPE_RAW,
> +		.size = sizeof(attr),
> +		.pinned = true,
> +		.exclude_host = true,
> +		.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK,
> +		.branch_sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK |
> +				      PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER |
> +				      PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL,
> +	};
> +
> +	if (unlikely(pmu->guest_lbr_event)) {
> +		pr_err("%s: guest_lbr_event already created\n", __func__);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&attr, -1, current, NULL,
> +						 NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(event)) {
> +		pr_err("%s: failed %ld\n", __func__, PTR_ERR(event));
> +		return;
> +	}
> +	pmu->guest_lbr_event = event;
> +}
> +
> +void guest_lbr_event_release(struct kvm_pmu *pmu)
> +{
> +	struct perf_event *event = pmu->guest_lbr_event;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(!pmu->guest_lbr_event)) {
> +		pr_err("%s: guest_lbr_event already freed\n", __func__);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (event) {
> +		event->pmu->stop(event, PERF_EF_UPDATE);
> +		perf_event_release_kernel(event);
> +	}
> +	pmu->guest_lbr_event = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl_changed(struct kvm_pmu *pmu, u64 data)
> +{
> +	bool guest_lbr_active = data & KVM_PV_LBR_CTRL_ACTIVE;
> +
> +	if (guest_lbr_active)
> +		guest_lbr_event_create(pmu);
> +	else
> +		guest_lbr_event_release(pmu);
> +
> +	pmu->kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl = data;
> +}
> +
>  static unsigned intel_find_arch_event(struct kvm_pmu *pmu,
>  				      u8 event_select,
>  				      u8 unit_mask)
> @@ -145,7 +201,7 @@ static struct kvm_pmc *intel_msr_idx_to_pmc(struct
> kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  static bool intel_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
>  {
>  	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;
> 
>  	switch (msr) {
>  	case MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL:
> @@ -154,6 +210,10 @@ static bool intel_is_valid_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> u32 msr)
>  	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
>  		ret = pmu->version > 1;
>  		break;
> +	case MSR_KVM_PV_LBR_CTRL:
> +		if (vcpu->kvm->arch.guest_lbr)
> +			ret = 1;
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		ret = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0) ||
>  			get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0) ||
> @@ -182,6 +242,9 @@ static int intel_pmu_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> u32 msr, u64 *data)
>  	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL:
>  		*data = pmu->global_ovf_ctrl;
>  		return 0;
> +	case MSR_KVM_PV_LBR_CTRL:
> +		*data = pmu->kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl;
> +		return 0;
>  	default:
>  		if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0)) ||
>  		    (pmc = get_fixed_pmc(pmu, msr))) {
> @@ -234,6 +297,11 @@ static int intel_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> struct msr_data *msr_info)
>  			return 0;
>  		}
>  		break;
> +	case MSR_KVM_PV_LBR_CTRL:
> +		if (pmu->kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl == data)
> +			return 0;
> +		kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl_changed(pmu, data);
> +		return 0;
>  	default:
>  		if ((pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0)) ||
>  		    (pmc = get_fixed_pmc(pmu, msr))) {
> @@ -340,6 +408,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> 
>  	pmu->fixed_ctr_ctrl = pmu->global_ctrl = pmu->global_status =
>  		pmu->global_ovf_ctrl = 0;
> +	pmu->kvm_pv_lbr_ctrl = 0;
>  }
> 
>  struct kvm_pmu_ops intel_pmu_ops = {
> --
> 2.7.4




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