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The x86 KVM processes these MSRs one by one in a loop, only saving the config and triggering the KVM_REQ_PMU request. This approach does not immediately stop the event before updating PMC. In additional, PMU MSRs are set only at levels >= KVM_PUT_RESET_STATE, excluding runtime. Therefore, updating these MSRs without stopping events should be acceptable. Finally, KVM creates kernel perf events with host mode excluded (exclude_host = 1). While the events remain active, they don't increment the counter during QEMU vCPU userspace mode. No Fixed tag is going to be added for the commit 0d89436786b0 ("kvm: migrate vPMU state"), because this isn't a bugfix. Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang --- target/i386/kvm/kvm.c | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c index c5911baef0..4902694129 100644 --- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c +++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c @@ -4160,13 +4160,6 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level) } if (IS_INTEL_CPU(env) && has_pmu_version > 0) { - if (has_pmu_version > 1) { - /* Stop the counter. */ - kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, 0); - kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, 0); - } - - /* Set the counter values. */ for (i = 0; i < num_pmu_fixed_counters; i++) { kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR0 + i, env->msr_fixed_counters[i]); @@ -4182,8 +4175,6 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level) env->msr_global_status); kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, env->msr_global_ovf_ctrl); - - /* Now start the PMU. */ kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, env->msr_fixed_ctr_ctrl); kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,