According to AMD programmer's manual, AMD PERFCTRn is 64-bit MSR which, unlike Intel perf counters, doesn't require signed extension. This patch removes the unnecessary conversion in SVM vPMU code when PERFCTRn is being updated.
Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <w...@redhat.com> --- arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c index 886aa25..39b9112 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c @@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ static int amd_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info) /* MSR_K7_PERFCTRn */ pmc = get_gp_pmc(pmu, msr, MSR_K7_PERFCTR0); if (pmc) { - if (!msr_info->host_initiated) - data = (s64)data; pmc->counter += data - pmc_read_counter(pmc); return 0; } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/