Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 18/07/19 07:35, Like Xu wrote:
> If a perf_event creation fails due to any reason of the host perf
> subsystem, it has no chance to log the corresponding event for guest
> which may cause abnormal sampling data in guest result. In debug mode,
> this message helps to understand the state of vPMC and we may not
> limit the number of occurrences but not in a spamming style.
> 
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> index aa5a2597305a..cedaa01ceb6f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
> @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ static void pmc_reprogram_counter(struct kvm_pmc *pmc, u32 type,
>  						 intr ? kvm_perf_overflow_intr :
>  						 kvm_perf_overflow, pmc);
>  	if (IS_ERR(event)) {
> -		printk_once("kvm_pmu: event creation failed %ld\n",
> -			    PTR_ERR(event));
> +		pr_debug_ratelimited("kvm_pmu: event creation failed %ld for pmc->idx = %d\n",
> +			    PTR_ERR(event), pmc->idx);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo