[PATCH v5 41/44] KVM: nVMX: Disable PMU MSR interception as appropriate while running L2
Sean Christopherson
seanjc at google.com
Wed Aug 6 12:57:03 PDT 2025
From: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang at google.com>
Merge KVM's PMU MSR interception bitmaps with those of L1, i.e. merge the
bitmaps of vmcs01 and vmcs12, e.g. so that KVM doesn't interpose on MSR
accesses unnecessarily if L1 exposes a mediated PMU (or equivalent) to L2.
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang at google.com>
Co-developed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi at linux.intel.com>
[sean: rewrite changelog and comment, omit MSRs that are always intercepted]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 47f1f0c7d3a7..b986a6fb684c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -627,6 +627,34 @@ static inline void nested_vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx,
#define nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_rw(msr) \
nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps(msr, MSR_TYPE_RW)
+static void nested_vmx_merge_pmu_msr_bitmaps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+ unsigned long *msr_bitmap_l1,
+ unsigned long *msr_bitmap_l0)
+{
+ struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
+ struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Skip the merges if the vCPU doesn't have a mediated PMU MSR, i.e. if
+ * none of the MSRs can possibly be passed through to L1.
+ */
+ if (!kvm_vcpu_has_mediated_pmu(vcpu))
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < pmu->nr_arch_gp_counters; i++) {
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_rw(MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0 + i);
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_rw(MSR_IA32_PMC0 + i);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < pmu->nr_arch_fixed_counters; i++)
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_rw(MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 + i);
+
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_rw(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL);
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_read(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS);
+ nested_vmx_merge_msr_bitmaps_write(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL);
+}
+
/*
* Merge L0's and L1's MSR bitmap, return false to indicate that
* we do not use the hardware.
@@ -724,6 +752,8 @@ static inline bool nested_vmx_prepare_msr_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
nested_vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vmx, msr_bitmap_l1, msr_bitmap_l0,
MSR_IA32_MPERF, MSR_TYPE_R);
+ nested_vmx_merge_pmu_msr_bitmaps(vcpu, msr_bitmap_l1, msr_bitmap_l0);
+
kvm_vcpu_unmap(vcpu, &map);
vmx->nested.force_msr_bitmap_recalc = false;
--
2.50.1.565.gc32cd1483b-goog
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