Re: [PATCH v5 06/16] KVM: x86/pmu: Reprogram PEBS event to emulate guest PEBS counter

["Xu, Like" <like.xu@intel.com>]

On 2021/4/19 16:11, Liuxiangdong wrote:
>
>
> On 2021/4/15 11:20, Like Xu wrote:
>> When a guest counter is configured as a PEBS counter through
>> IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, a guest PEBS event will be reprogrammed by
>> configuring a non-zero precision level in the perf_event_attr.
>>
>> The guest PEBS overflow PMI bit would be set in the guest
>> GLOBAL_STATUS MSR when PEBS facility generates a PEBS
>> overflow PMI based on guest IA32_DS_AREA MSR.
>>
>> Even with the same counter index and the same event code and
>> mask, guest PEBS events will not be reused for non-PEBS events.
>>
>> Originally-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
>> Co-developed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
>> index 827886c12c16..0f86c1142f17 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
>> @@ -74,11 +74,21 @@ static void kvm_perf_overflow_intr(struct perf_event 
>> *perf_event,
>>   {
>>       struct kvm_pmc *pmc = perf_event->overflow_handler_context;
>>       struct kvm_pmu *pmu = pmc_to_pmu(pmc);
>> +    bool skip_pmi = false;
>>         if (!test_and_set_bit(pmc->idx, pmu->reprogram_pmi)) {
>> -        __set_bit(pmc->idx, (unsigned long *)&pmu->global_status);
>> +        if (perf_event->attr.precise_ip) {
>> +            /* Indicate PEBS overflow PMI to guest. */
>> +            skip_pmi = __test_and_set_bit(GLOBAL_STATUS_BUFFER_OVF_BIT,
>> +                              (unsigned long *)&pmu->global_status);
>> +        } else {
>> +            __set_bit(pmc->idx, (unsigned long *)&pmu->global_status);
>> +        }
>>           kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PMU, pmc->vcpu);
>>   +        if (skip_pmi)
>> +            return;
>> +
>>           /*
>>            * Inject PMI. If vcpu was in a guest mode during NMI PMI
>>            * can be ejected on a guest mode re-entry. Otherwise we can't
>> @@ -99,6 +109,7 @@ static void pmc_reprogram_counter(struct kvm_pmc 
>> *pmc, u32 type,
>>                     bool exclude_kernel, bool intr,
>>                     bool in_tx, bool in_tx_cp)
>>   {
>> +    struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(pmc->vcpu);
>>       struct perf_event *event;
>>       struct perf_event_attr attr = {
>>           .type = type,
>> @@ -110,6 +121,7 @@ static void pmc_reprogram_counter(struct kvm_pmc 
>> *pmc, u32 type,
>>           .exclude_kernel = exclude_kernel,
>>           .config = config,
>>       };
>> +    bool pebs = test_bit(pmc->idx, (unsigned long *)&pmu->pebs_enable);
>
> pebs_enable is defined in patch 07, but used here(in patch 06).
> Maybe we can change the patches order in next patch version if necessary.

Thanks! I'll fix it.

>
>>       attr.sample_period = get_sample_period(pmc, pmc->counter);
>>   @@ -124,9 +136,23 @@ static void pmc_reprogram_counter(struct kvm_pmc 
>> *pmc, u32 type,
>>           attr.sample_period = 0;
>>           attr.config |= HSW_IN_TX_CHECKPOINTED;
>>       }
>> +    if (pebs) {
>> +        /*
>> +         * The non-zero precision level of guest event makes the ordinary
>> +         * guest event becomes a guest PEBS event and triggers the host
>> +         * PEBS PMI handler to determine whether the PEBS overflow PMI
>> +         * comes from the host counters or the guest.
>> +         *
>> +         * For most PEBS hardware events, the difference in the software
>> +         * precision levels of guest and host PEBS events will not affect
>> +         * the accuracy of the PEBS profiling result, because the 
>> "event IP"
>> +         * in the PEBS record is calibrated on the guest side.
>> +         */
>> +        attr.precise_ip = 1;
>> +    }
>>         event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&attr, -1, current,
>> -                         intr ? kvm_perf_overflow_intr :
>> +                         (intr || pebs) ? kvm_perf_overflow_intr :
>>                            kvm_perf_overflow, pmc);
>>       if (IS_ERR(event)) {
>>           pr_debug_ratelimited("kvm_pmu: event creation failed %ld for 
>> pmc->idx = %d\n",
>> @@ -161,6 +187,10 @@ static bool pmc_resume_counter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
>>                     get_sample_period(pmc, pmc->counter)))
>>           return false;
>>   +    if (!test_bit(pmc->idx, (unsigned long 
>> *)&pmc_to_pmu(pmc)->pebs_enable) &&
>> +        pmc->perf_event->attr.precise_ip)
>> +        return false;
>> +
>>       /* reuse perf_event to serve as pmc_reprogram_counter() does*/
>>       perf_event_enable(pmc->perf_event);
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