[KVM x86 vPMU Patch 2/2] KVM: x86/vPMU: Fix unnecessary signed extension for AMD PERFCTRn

From: Wei Huang
Date: Fri Aug 07 2015 - 15:53:43 EST


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 <wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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

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