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f1c5651fda
Force vCPUs to reprogram all counters on a PMU filter change to provide
a sane ABI for userspace. Use the existing KVM_REQ_PMU to do the
programming, and take advantage of the fact that the reprogram_pmi bitmap
fits in a u64 to set all bits in a single atomic update. Note, setting
the bitmap and making the request needs to be done _after_ the SRCU
synchronization to ensure that vCPUs will reprogram using the new filter.
KVM's current "lazy" approach is confusing and non-deterministic. It's
confusing because, from a developer perspective, the code is buggy as it
makes zero sense to let userspace modify the filter but then not actually
enforce the new filter. The lazy approach is non-deterministic because
KVM enforces the filter whenever a counter is reprogrammed, not just on
guest WRMSRs, i.e. a guest might gain/lose access to an event at random
times depending on what is going on in the host.
Note, the resulting behavior is still non-determinstic while the filter
is in flux. If userspace wants to guarantee deterministic behavior, all
vCPUs should be paused during the filter update.
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Fixes: 66bb8a065f ("KVM: x86: PMU Event Filter")
Cc: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220923001355.3741194-2-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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