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authorPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>2012-09-13 14:59:14 -0600
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>2012-10-16 12:43:58 -0300
commit20b279ddb38ca42f8863cec07b4d45ec24589f13 (patch)
tree993ddf58189bc665e0f392042321770e488e123d
parent1342798cc13e3b48d9b5738f0c8fa812ccea8101 (diff)
perf: Require exclude_guest to use PEBS - kernel side enforcement
Intel PEBS in VT-x context uses the DS address as a guest linear address, even though its programmed by the host as a host linear address. This either results in guest memory corruption and or the hardware faulting and 'crashing' the virtual machine. Therefore we have to disable PEBS on VT-x enter and re-enable on VT-x exit, enforcing a strict exclude_guest. This patch enforces exclude_guest kernel side. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Avi Kivity <[email protected]> Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> Cc: Gleb Natapov <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Robert Richter <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: David Ahern <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 915b876edd1e..3373f84d1397 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
/* BTS is currently only allowed for user-mode. */
if (!attr->exclude_kernel)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (!attr->exclude_guest)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
hwc->config |= config;
@@ -380,6 +383,9 @@ int x86_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.precise_ip) {
int precise = 0;
+ if (!event->attr.exclude_guest)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
/* Support for constant skid */
if (x86_pmu.pebs_active && !x86_pmu.pebs_broken) {
precise++;