From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Liam Merwick <Liam.Merwick@oracle.com>
Cc: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>,
Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
x86@kernel.org, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:02:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210804130234.GE8057@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210804112854.lmizhfddz3qgli7t@oracle.com>
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Liam Merwick wrote:
> On (08/02/21 15:08), Like Xu wrote:
> > From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> >
> > If we use "perf record" in an AMD Milan guest, dmesg reports a #GP
> > warning from an unchecked MSR access error on MSR_F15H_PERF_CTLx:
> >
> > [] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0xc0010200 (tried to write
> > 0x0000020000110076) at rIP: 0xffffffff8106ddb4 (native_write_msr+0x4/0x20)
> > [] Call Trace:
> > [] amd_pmu_disable_event+0x22/0x90
> > [] x86_pmu_stop+0x4c/0xa0
> > [] x86_pmu_del+0x3a/0x140
> >
> > The AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit is defined and used on the host,
> > while the guest perf driver should avoid such use.
> >
> > Fixes: 1018faa6cf23 ("perf/x86/kvm: Fix Host-Only/Guest-Only counting with SVM disabled")
> > Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> > Tested-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
> Tested-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
> [ Patch applied to a 5.4 branch ]
>
> Should it also include
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
An accurate Fixes tag is usually sufficient to trigger the stable
robots. Anyway, thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-04 13:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-02 7:08 [PATCH v2] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest Like Xu
2021-08-04 11:28 ` Liam Merwick
2021-08-04 13:02 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-08-05 9:34 ` [tip: perf/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Like Xu
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