[PATCH v2 01/12] KVM: x86/pmu: Update comments for AMD gp counters

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From: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The obsolete comment could more accurately state that AMD platforms
have two base MSR addresses and two different maximum numbers
for gp counters, depending on the X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE feature.

Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index b1a02993782b..3f09af678b2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
  *   However AMD doesn't support fixed-counters;
  * - There are three types of index to access perf counters (PMC):
  *     1. MSR (named msr): For example Intel has MSR_IA32_PERFCTRn and AMD
- *        has MSR_K7_PERFCTRn.
+ *        has MSR_K7_PERFCTRn and, for families 15H and later,
+ *        MSR_F15H_PERF_CTRn, where MSR_F15H_PERF_CTR[0-3] are
+ *        aliased to MSR_K7_PERFCTRn.
  *     2. MSR Index (named idx): This normally is used by RDPMC instruction.
  *        For instance AMD RDPMC instruction uses 0000_0003h in ECX to access
  *        C001_0007h (MSR_K7_PERCTR3). Intel has a similar mechanism, except
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@
  *        between pmc and perf counters is as the following:
  *        * Intel: [0 .. INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC-1] <=> gp counters
  *                 [INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED .. INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 2] <=> fixed
- *        * AMD:   [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS-1] <=> gp counters
+ *        * AMD:   [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS-1] and, for families 15H
+ *          and later, [0 .. AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS_CORE-1] <=> gp counters
  */
 
 static void kvm_pmi_trigger_fn(struct irq_work *irq_work)
-- 
2.35.1




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