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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h index b093c2191cd3..c17e38ac8b7a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h @@ -500,8 +500,23 @@ struct kvm_pmc { u8 idx; bool is_paused; bool intr; + /* + * Base value of the PMC counter, relative to the *consumed* count in + * the associated perf_event. This value includes counter updates from + * the perf_event and emulated_count since the last time the counter + * was reprogrammed, but it is *not* the current value as seen by the + * guest or userspace. + * + * The count is relative to the associated perf_event so that KVM + * doesn't need to reprogram the perf_event every time the guest writes + * to the counter. + */ u64 counter; - u64 prev_counter; + /* + * PMC events triggered by KVM emulation that haven't been fully + * processed, i.e. haven't undergone overflow detection. + */ + u64 emulated_counter; u64 eventsel; struct perf_event *perf_event; struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu; |