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* [PATCH v9 00/17] Introduce Architectural LBR for vPMU
@ 2022-02-15 21:25 Yang Weijiang
  2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 01/17] KVM: x86: Report XSS as an MSR to be saved if there are supported features Yang Weijiang
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From: Yang Weijiang @ 2022-02-15 21:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pbonzini, jmattson, seanjc, like.xu.linux, vkuznets, wei.w.wang,
	kvm, linux-kernel
  Cc: Yang Weijiang

The Architectural Last Branch Records (LBRs) is published in release
Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features
Programming Reference[0].

The main advantages of Arch LBR are [1]:
- Faster context switching due to XSAVES support and faster reset of
  LBR MSRs via the new DEPTH MSR
- Faster LBR read for a non-PEBS event due to XSAVES support, which
  lowers the overhead of the NMI handler.
- Linux kernel can support the LBR features without knowing the model
  number of the current CPU.

From end user's point of view, the usage of Arch LBR is the same as
the Legacy LBR that has been merged in the mainline.

Note, In this KVM series, we impose one restriction for guest Arch LBR:
Guest can only set the same LBR record depth as host, this is due to
the special behavior of MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH: 1) On write to the MSR,
it'll reset all Arch LBR recording MSRs to 0s. 2) XRSTORS resets all
record MSRs to 0s if the saved depth mismatches MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH.

But this restriction won't impact guest perf tool usage.

[0] https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c5/15/architecture-instruction-set-extensions-programming-reference.pdf
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1593780569-62993-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com/

Qemu patch:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/qemu-devel/cover/20220215195258.29149-1-weijiang.yang@intel.com/

Previous version:
v8: https://lkml.kernel.org/kvm/1629791777-16430-1-git-send-email-weijiang.yang@intel.com/

Changes in v9:
1. Added Arch LBR MSR access interface for userspace.
2. Refactored XSS related dependent patches so that xsaves/xrstors can work for guest.
3. Refactored Arch LBR CTL and DEPTH MSR handling in KVM.
4. Rebased and tested on kernel base-commit: c5d9ae265b10

Like Xu (6):
  perf/x86/intel: Fix the comment about guest LBR support on KVM
  perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR_INFO registers
  KVM: vmx/pmu: Emulate MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH for guest Arch LBR
  KVM: vmx/pmu: Emulate MSR_ARCH_LBR_CTL for guest Arch LBR
  KVM: x86: Refine the matching and clearing logic for supported_xss
  KVM: x86: Add XSAVE Support for Architectural LBR

Sean Christopherson (2):
  KVM: x86: Report XSS as an MSR to be saved if there are supported
    features
  KVM: x86: Load guest fpu state when accessing MSRs managed by XSAVES

Yang Weijiang (9):
  KVM: x86: Refresh CPUID on writes to MSR_IA32_XSS
  KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR MSRs to msrs_to_save_all list
  KVM: x86/pmu: Refactor code to support guest Arch LBR
  KVM: x86/vmx: Check Arch LBR config when return perf capabilities
  KVM: nVMX: Add necessary Arch LBR settings for nested VM
  KVM: x86/vmx: Clear Arch LBREn bit before inject #DB to guest
  KVM: x86/vmx: Flip Arch LBREn bit on guest state change
  KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR MSR access interface
  KVM: x86/cpuid: Advertise Arch LBR feature in CPUID

 arch/x86/events/intel/core.c     |   3 +-
 arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c      |   6 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h  |   7 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h       |   4 +
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c             |  54 ++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h  |   8 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c        |   7 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c     | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.c        |   1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h        |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c           |  65 ++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c               |  78 +++++++++++++++-
 13 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

-- 
2.27.0


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2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 07/17] KVM: vmx/pmu: Emulate MSR_ARCH_LBR_DEPTH for guest Arch LBR Yang Weijiang
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2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 09/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Refactor code to support " Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 10/17] KVM: x86: Refine the matching and clearing logic for supported_xss Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 11/17] KVM: x86: Add XSAVE Support for Architectural LBR Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 12/17] KVM: x86/vmx: Check Arch LBR config when return perf capabilities Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 13/17] KVM: nVMX: Add necessary Arch LBR settings for nested VM Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 14/17] KVM: x86/vmx: Clear Arch LBREn bit before inject #DB to guest Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 15/17] KVM: x86/vmx: Flip Arch LBREn bit on guest state change Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 16/17] KVM: x86: Add Arch LBR MSR access interface Yang Weijiang
2022-02-15 21:25 ` [PATCH v9 17/17] KVM: x86/cpuid: Advertise Arch LBR feature in CPUID Yang Weijiang
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