On Intel platforms, the software can use the IA32_MISC_ENABLE[7] bit to detect whether the processor supports performance monitoring facility. It depends on the PMU is enabled for the guest, and a software write operation to this available bit will be ignored. Cc: Yao Yuan <yuan.yao@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 1 + arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c index 9efc1a6b8693..d9dbebe03cae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c @@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_refresh(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) if (!pmu->version) return; + vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr |= MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON; perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(&x86_pmu); pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters = min_t(int, eax.split.num_counters, diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 16fb39503296..1a64e816e06d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -3125,6 +3125,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info) } break; case MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE: + data &= ~MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_EMON; if (!kvm_check_has_quirk(vcpu->kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT) && ((vcpu->arch.ia32_misc_enable_msr ^ data) & MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_MWAIT)) { if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XMM3)) -- 2.30.2