The VMware VM crashes in `native_read_pmc()` while running `perf stat` command

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Once the perf stat command is executed, the VMware VM crashes in the in native_read_pmc() routine while having the Performance counters CPU feature disabled in the VM configuration.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • VMware TCI
  • Intel(R) Xeon(R)

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