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>
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR)) {
x86_perf_get_lbr(&vmx_lbr_caps);
- if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr)
+
+ /*
+ * KVM requires LBR callstack support, as the overhead due to
+ * context switching LBRs without said support is too high.
+ * See intel_pmu_create_guest_lbr_event() for more info.
+ */
+ if (!vmx_lbr_caps.has_callstack)
+ memset(&vmx_lbr_caps, 0, sizeof(vmx_lbr_caps));
+ else if (vmx_lbr_caps.nr)
perf_cap |= host_perf_cap & PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT;
}