From bb9dc859086df369f1fd34578dd5ca82d6321d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 17:13:44 -0800 Subject: KVM: VMX: Disable LBR virtualization if the CPU doesn't support LBR callstacks Disable LBR virtualization if the CPU doesn't support callstacks, which were introduced in HSW (see commit e9d7f7cd97c4 ("perf/x86/intel: Add basic Haswell LBR call stack support"), as KVM unconditionally configures the perf LBR event with PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK, i.e. LBR virtualization always fails on pre-HSW CPUs. Simply disable LBR support on such CPUs, as it has never worked, i.e. there is no risk of breaking an existing setup, and figuring out a way to performantly context switch LBRs on old CPUs is not worth the effort. Fixes: be635e34c284 ("KVM: vmx/pmu: Expose LBR_FMT in the MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES") Cc: Mingwei Zhang Cc: Jim Mattson Tested-by: Mingwei Zhang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240307011344.835640-4-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index aca41d3419f9..22411f4aff53 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -7877,7 +7877,15 @@ static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void) if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR)) { x86_perf_get_lbr(&vmx_lbr_caps); - if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr) + + /* + * KVM requires LBR callstack support, as the overhead due to + * context switching LBRs without said support is too high. + * See intel_pmu_create_guest_lbr_event() for more info. + */ + if (!vmx_lbr_caps.has_callstack) + memset(&vmx_lbr_caps, 0, sizeof(vmx_lbr_caps)); + else if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr) perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT; } -- cgit