KVM: VMX: Disable LBR virtualization if the CPU doesn't support LBR callstacks
authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Thu, 7 Mar 2024 01:13:44 +0000 (17:13 -0800)
committerSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:58:48 +0000 (12:58 -0700)
commitbb9dc859086df369f1fd34578dd5ca82d6321d21
tree77059541a6045d0464d259e40235e3c9acbe2557
parent0d0b60865071115f6da76090f0dbc1f0e8b9c647
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 <mizhang@google.com>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Tested-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240307011344.835640-4-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c