On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:39:26AM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> check_msr is used to fix a bug report in guest where KVM doesn't support
> LBR MSR and cause #GP.
>
> The msr check is bypassed on real HW to workaround a false failure,
> see commit d0e1a507bdc7 ("perf/x86/intel: Disable check_msr for real HW")
>
> When running a guest with CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST not set or "nopv"
> enabled, current check isn't enough and #GP could trigger.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <[email protected]>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <[email protected]>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <[email protected]>
Thanks!
