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Add helpers to print unimplemented MSR accesses and condition all such
prints on report_ignored_msrs, i.e. honor userspace's request to not
print unimplemented MSRs. Even though vcpu_unimpl() is ratelimited,
printing can still be problematic, e.g. if a print gets stalled when host
userspace is writing MSRs during live migration, an effective stall can
result in very noticeable disruption in the guest.
E.g. the profile below was taken while calling KVM_SET_MSRS on the PMU
counters while the PMU was disabled in KVM.
- 99.75% 0.00% [.] __ioctl
- __ioctl
- 99.74% entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
do_syscall_64
sys_ioctl
- do_vfs_ioctl
- 92.48% kvm_vcpu_ioctl
- kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl
- 85.12% kvm_set_msr_ignored_check
svm_set_msr
kvm_set_msr_common
printk
vprintk_func
vprintk_default
vprintk_emit
console_unlock
call_console_drivers
univ8250_console_write
serial8250_console_write
uart_console_write
Reported-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230124234905.3774678-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.