perf/x86/intel: Ensure KVM guest PEBS path doesn't set unwanted PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL bits

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When reinstating PEBS counters into PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL for a KVM guest, mask
the value with perf's desired/original PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL value to ensure
KVM doesn't unintentionally set reserved bits in PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL.  E.g.
if the guest's PEBS_ENABLE value had bit 63, "Enable Precise Store", set,
then using the raw guest PEBS value would propagate bit 63 to the guest's
PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL value (which thankfully would be a failed VM-Entry, not
a VMX Abort).

The only reason this bug isn't reachable is because KVM doesn't support
"Enable Precise Store" (which is probably a KVM bug?), i.e. bit 63 can't
be set in kvm_pmu->pebs_enable and thus not in arr[pebs_enable].guest.  In
other words, this _should_ be a glorified NOP in the current code base.

Fixes: c59a1f106f ("KVM: x86/pmu: Add IA32_PEBS_ENABLE MSR emulation for extended PEBS")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921191418.950933-2-seanjc@google.com

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Sean Christopherson 2026-09-21 12:14:09 -07:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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