Re: [RFC PATCH v3 56/58] KVM: x86/pmu/svm: Wire up PMU filtering functionality for passthrough PMU

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On Thu, Aug 01, 2024, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> From: Manali Shukla <manali.shukla@xxxxxxx>
> 
> With the Passthrough PMU enabled, the PERF_CTLx MSRs (event selectors) are
> always intercepted and the event filter checking can be directly done
> inside amd_pmu_set_msr().
> 
> Add a check to allow writing to event selector for GP counters if and only
> if the event is allowed in filter.

This belongs in the patch that adds AMD support for setting pmc->eventsel_hw.
E.g. reverting just this patch would leave KVM in a very broken state.  And it's
unnecessarily difficult to review.

> Signed-off-by: Manali Shukla <manali.shukla@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> index 86818da66bbe..9f3e910ee453 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
> @@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ static int amd_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
>  		if (data != pmc->eventsel) {
>  			pmc->eventsel = data;
>  			if (is_passthrough_pmu_enabled(vcpu)) {
> +				if (!check_pmu_event_filter(pmc)) {
> +					/*
> +					 * When guest request an invalid event,
> +					 * stop the counter by clearing the
> +					 * event selector MSR.
> +					 */
> +					pmc->eventsel_hw = 0;
> +					return 0;
> +				}
>  				data &= ~AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY;
>  				pmc->eventsel_hw = data | AMD64_EVENTSEL_GUESTONLY;
>  			} else {
> -- 
> 2.46.0.rc1.232.g9752f9e123-goog
> 




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