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From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
To: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: 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>,
	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,
	Robert Richter <rrichter@amd.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Do not touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:16:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c49b7e74-5b34-745c-a3dc-55bb2e83474a@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210720112605.63286-1-likexu@tencent.com>

+Tom L., Robert R.

On 7/20/21 6:26 AM, 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>

If we were to add a Fixes: tag, would this be the right commit?:

commit 1018faa6cf23b256bf25919ef203cd7c129f06f2

Author: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>

Date:   Wed Feb 29 14:57:32 2012 +0100



     perf/x86/kvm: Fix Host-Only/Guest-Only counting with SVM disabled


Thanks,

Kim

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-23 20:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-20 11:26 [RESEND PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Do not touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest Like Xu
2021-07-23 20:16 ` Kim Phillips [this message]
2021-07-29 13:49   ` Like Xu

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