Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] KVM: x86: Provide per VM capability for disabling PMU virtualization

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Thanks Like.

I just sent a new v6 series with these minor merge conflicts resolved.

Dave

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 2:33 AM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> cc LKML and full list of KVM reviewers.
>
> On 25/1/2022 2:39 am, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM David Dunn <daviddunn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> KVM_CAP_PMU_DISABLE is used to disable PMU virtualization on individual
> >> x86 VMs.  PMU configuration must be done prior to creating VCPUs.
> >>
> >> To enable future extension, KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY reports available
> >> settings via bitmask when queried via check_extension.
> >>
> >> For VMs that have PMU virtualization disabled, usermode will need to
> >> clear CPUID leaf 0xA to notify guests.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: David Dunn <daviddunn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Nit: The two references to CPUID leaf 0xA should be qualified as
> > applying only to Intel VMs.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> Nit: It looks like we already have "#define KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES 209".
>
> Hope it helps a little:
>
> Reviewed-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>



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