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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index aca41d3419f90..22411f4aff530 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -7877,7 +7877,15 @@ static __init u64 vmx_get_perf_capabilities(void) 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; } |