Re: [RESEND v13 03/10] KVM: x86/pmu: Use IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES to adjust features visibility

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On 08/01/21 02:36, Like Xu wrote:

@@ -401,6 +398,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		pmu->fixed_counters[i].idx = i + INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
 		pmu->fixed_counters[i].current_config = 0;
 	}
+
+	vcpu->arch.perf_capabilities = guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PDCM) ?
+		vmx_get_perf_capabilities() : 0;

There is one thing I don't understand with this patch: intel_pmu_init is not called when CPUID is changed. So I would have thought that anything that uses guest_cpuid_has must stay in intel_pmu_refresh. As I understand it vcpu->arch.perf_capabilities is always set to 0 (vmx_get_perf_capabilities is never called), and kvm_set_msr_common would fail to set any bit in the MSR. What am I missing?

In addition, the code of patch 4:

+	if (!intel_pmu_lbr_is_enabled(vcpu)) {
+		vcpu->arch.perf_capabilities &= ~PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT;
+		lbr_desc->records.nr = 0;
+	}

is not okay after MSR changes. The value written by the host must be either rejected (with "return 1") or applied unchanged.

Fortunately I think this code is dead if you move the check in kvm_set_msr from patch 9 to patch 4. However, in patch 9 vmx_get_perf_capabilities() must only set the LBR format bits if intel_pmu_lbr_is_compatible(vcpu).


The patches look good apart from these issues and the other nits I pointed out. However, you need testcases here, for both kvm-unit-tests and tools/testing/selftests/kvm.

For KVM, it would be at least a basic check that looks for the MSR LBR (using the MSR indices for the various processors), does a branch, and checks that the FROM_IP/TO_IP are good. You can write the kvm-unit-tests using the QEMU option "-cpu host,migratable=no": if you do this, QEMU will pick the KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID bits and move them more or less directly into the guest CPUID.

For tools/testing/selftests/kvm, your test need to check the effect of various CPUID settings on the PERF_CAPABILITIES MSR, check that whatever you write with KVM_SET_MSR is _not_ modified and can be retrieved with KVM_GET_MSR, and check that invalid LBR formats are rejected.

I'm really, really sorry for leaving these patches on my todo list for months, but you guys need to understand the main reason for this: they come with no testcases. A large patch series adding userspace APIs and complicated CPUID/MSR processing *automatically* goes to the bottom of my queue, because:

- I need to go with a fine comb over all the userspace API changes, I cannot just look at test code and see if it works.

- I will have no way to test its correctness after it's committed.

For you, the work ends when your patch is accepted. For me, that's when the work begins, and I need to make sure that the patch will be maintainable in the future.

Thanks, and sorry again for the delay.

Paolo




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