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[RFC,v2,0/3] KVM: VMX: Fix VM entry failure on PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST while host is using PT

Message ID 20220921164521.2858932-1-xiaoyao.li@intel.com (mailing list archive)
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Series KVM: VMX: Fix VM entry failure on PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST while host is using PT | expand

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Xiaoyao Li Sept. 21, 2022, 4:45 p.m. UTC 
There is one bug in KVM that can hit vm-entry failure 100% on platform
supporting PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST mode following below steps:

  1. #modprobe -r kvm_intel
  2. #modprobe kvm_intel pt_mode=1
  3. start a VM with QEMU
  4. on host: #perf record -e intel_pt//

The vm-entry failure happens because it violates the requirement stated
in Intel SDM 26.2.1.1 VM-Execution Control Fields

  If the logical processor is operating with Intel PT enabled (if
  IA32_RTIT_CTL.TraceEn = 1) at the time of VM entry, the "load
  IA32_RTIT_CTL" VM-entry control must be 0.

On PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST node, vm-entry load RTIT is always set. Thus KVM
needs to ensure IA32_RTIT_CTL.TraceEn is 0 before VM-entry. Currently KVM
manually WRMSR(IA32_RTIT_CTL) to clear TraceEn bit. However, it doesn't
work everytime since there is a posibility that IA32_RTIT_CTL.TraceEn is
re-enabled in PT PMI handler before vm-entry.

This series tries to fix the issue by exposing and calling perf driver
API to stop host PT event (if any) before vm-entry and resume PT event
after vm-exit. Perf API can prevent PT PMI handler from re-enabling PT.

By the way, drop the save/restore of PT MSRs of host because the resume
of PT event after vm-exit doesn't rely on the previous value of PT MSRs.

Changes in v1:
 - Export perf_event_{en,dis}able_local() and pt_get_curr_event() for KVM to
   stop/resume PT event; (Suggested-by Wang, Wei W <wei.w.wang@intel.com>)
 - Drop the save/restore of host PT MSRs.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220825085625.867763-1-xiaoyao.li@intel.com/

Xiaoyao Li (3):
  perf/core: Expose perf_event_{en,dis}able_local()
  perf/x86/intel/pt: Introduce and export pt_get_curr_event()
  KVM: VMX: Stop/resume host PT before/after VMX transition when
    PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST

 arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c        |  8 ++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c            | 31 +++++++++++++------------------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h            |  2 +-
 include/linux/perf_event.h        |  1 +
 kernel/events/core.c              |  7 +++++++
 6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)