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perf/x86/kvm: Fix Broadwell Xeon stepping in isolation_ucodes[]
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The only stepping of Broadwell Xeon parts is stepping 1. Fix the
relevant isolation_ucodes[] entry, which previously enumerated
stepping 2.

Although the original commit was characterized as an optimization, it
is also a workaround for a correctness issue.

If a PMI arrives between kvm's call to perf_guest_get_msrs() and the
subsequent VM-entry, a stale value for the IA32_PEBS_ENABLE MSR may be
restored at the next VM-exit. This is because, unbeknownst to kvm, PMI
throttling may clear bits in the IA32_PEBS_ENABLE MSR. CPUs with "PEBS
isolation" don't suffer from this issue, because perf_guest_get_msrs()
doesn't report the IA32_PEBS_ENABLE value.

Fixes: 9b545c0 ("perf/x86/kvm: Avoid unnecessary work in guest filtering")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210422001834.1748319-1-jmattson@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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jsmattsonjr authored and gregkh committed Apr 28, 2021
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
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Expand Up @@ -4400,7 +4400,7 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_desc isolation_ucodes[] = {
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_D, 3, 0x07000009),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_D, 4, 0x0f000009),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_D, 5, 0x0e000002),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X, 2, 0x0b000014),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X, 1, 0x0b000014),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 3, 0x00000021),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 4, 0x00000000),
INTEL_CPU_DESC(INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 5, 0x00000000),
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