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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jianfeng Gao <jianfeng.gao@intel.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: KVM: Disable vPMU support on hybrid CPUs (host PMUs)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:59:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y9j0kwYiqYdQpx28@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8eda340a-8c5d-a801-54eb-501c44a68d89@linux.intel.com>

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:31:00AM -0500, Liang, Kan wrote:

> Yes, and also the CPUID leaf 0x23H support to enumerate the PMU features
> of each types.

Note that this is not enough or even useful. There is nothing that stops
a vCPU from migrating between types at every instruction. There simply
is no relation between a vCPU and a type, so knowing what a type does or
does not support is useless information.

      reply	other threads:[~2023-01-31 11:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-20  0:40 [PATCH] perf/x86: KVM: Disable vPMU support on hybrid CPUs (host PMUs) Sean Christopherson
2023-01-20 14:39 ` Liang, Kan
2023-01-20 17:32   ` Sean Christopherson
2023-01-20 19:55     ` Liang, Kan
2023-01-20 20:34       ` Sean Christopherson
2023-01-20 22:00         ` Liang, Kan
2023-01-24  1:04           ` Andi Kleen
2023-01-24 15:31             ` Liang, Kan
2023-01-31 10:59               ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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