If PMU counter has PEBS enabled it is not enough to disable counter on a guest entry since PEBS memory write can overshoot guest entry and corrupt guest memory. Disabling PEBS during guest entry solves the problem. Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c index 7a8b9d0..7268fd8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c @@ -1444,8 +1444,16 @@ static struct perf_guest_switch_msr *intel_guest_get_msrs(int *nr) arr[0].msr = MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL; arr[0].host = x86_pmu.intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask; arr[0].guest = x86_pmu.intel_ctrl & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask; + /* + * If PMU counter has PEBS enabled it is not enough to disable counter + * on a guest entry since PEBS memory write can overshoot guest entry + * and corrupt guest memory. Disabling PEBS solves the problem. + */ + arr[1].msr = MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE; + arr[1].host = cpuc->pebs_enabled; + arr[1].guest = 0; - *nr = 1; + *nr = 2; return arr; } -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
