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Like Xu b1d66dad65 KVM: x86/svm: Add module param to control PMU virtualization
For Intel, the guest PMU can be disabled via clearing the PMU CPUID.
For AMD, all hw implementations support the base set of four
performance counters, with current mainstream hardware indicating
the presence of two additional counters via X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE.

In the virtualized world, the AMD guest driver may detect
the presence of at least one counter MSR. Most hypervisor
vendors would introduce a module param (like lbrv for svm)
to disable PMU for all guests.

Another control proposal per-VM is to pass PMU disable information
via MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES or one bit in CPUID Fn4000_00[FF:00].
Both of methods require some guest-side changes, so a module
parameter may not be sufficiently granular, but practical enough.

Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
Message-Id: <20211117080304.38989-1-likexu@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2021-12-08 04:24:58 -05:00
arch KVM: x86/svm: Add module param to control PMU virtualization 2021-12-08 04:24:58 -05:00
block blk-mq: don't insert FUA request with data into scheduler queue 2021-11-19 06:28:18 -07:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto Update to zstd-1.4.10 2021-11-13 15:32:30 -08:00
Documentation Power management fixes for 5.16-rc2 2021-11-18 14:46:28 -08:00
drivers Pin control fixes for the v5.16 kernel series: 2021-11-20 10:59:03 -08:00
fs pstore/blk: Use "%lu" to format unsigned long 2021-11-21 09:44:19 -08:00
include KVM: Add helpers to wake/query blocking vCPU 2021-12-08 04:24:54 -05:00
init kbuild: Fix -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 error for GCC 5.x and 6.x 2021-11-14 18:59:49 -08:00
ipc shm: extend forced shm destroy to support objects from several IPC nses 2021-11-20 10:35:54 -08:00
kernel Tracing fixes: 2021-11-19 13:50:48 -08:00
lib kasan: test: silence intentional read overflow warnings 2021-11-20 10:35:54 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm kmap_local: don't assume kmap PTEs are linear arrays in memory 2021-11-20 10:35:54 -08:00
net Networking fixes for 5.16-rc2, including fixes from bpf, mac80211. 2021-11-18 12:54:24 -08:00
samples s390 updates for 5.16-rc2 2021-11-20 10:55:50 -08:00
scripts coccinelle patches for 5.16-rc1 2021-11-13 10:45:17 -08:00
security net,lsm,selinux: revert the security_sctp_assoc_established() hook 2021-11-14 12:21:53 +00:00
sound sound fixes for 5.16-rc1 2021-11-12 12:17:30 -08:00
tools KVM: SEV: Prohibit migration of a VM that has mirrors 2021-11-30 03:54:14 -05:00
usr initramfs: Check timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2021-10-24 13:48:40 +09:00
virt KVM: Add helpers to wake/query blocking vCPU 2021-12-08 04:24:54 -05:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap MAINTAINERS: update email address of Christian Borntraeger 2021-11-18 17:50:54 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Daniel Drake to credits 2021-09-21 08:34:58 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS s390 updates for 5.16-rc2 2021-11-20 10:55:50 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.16-rc2 2021-11-21 13:47:39 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.