[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Don't access PMCR_EL0 when no PMU is available
Qian Cai
qcai at redhat.com
Mon Jan 4 13:42:31 EST 2021
On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 18:26 +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> What I'm suggesting is this [1], which is to get rid of KVM_ARM_PMU
> completely. At least, the kernel configuration will be consistent.
>
Do you have a patch for CONFIG_KVM to select HW_PERF_EVENTS then? I could cook
one if not.
> Overall, I think there is an issue with KVM exposing more than it
> should to userspace when no PMU is defined, but I don't think that's
> the problem you are seeing.
>
> M.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210104172723.2014324-1-maz@kernel.org
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