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Subject[PATCH] oprofile: don't set counter width from cpuid on core2
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resetting the counter width of the performance counters on intel's
core2, breaks the delivery of NMIs, when running in x86_64 mode.

this should fix bug #12395:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12395

Signed-off-by: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
- ---
arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
index e9f80c7..ecba9f2 100644
- --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
@@ -78,10 +78,18 @@ static void ppro_setup_ctrs(struct op_msrs const * const msrs)
if (cpu_has_arch_perfmon) {
union cpuid10_eax eax;
eax.full = cpuid_eax(0xa);
+
+ /* For core2 (family 6, model 15), don't reset the counter width */
+ if (eax.split.version_id == 0 && current_cpu_data.x86 == 6 &&
+ current_cpu_data.x86_model == 15)
+ goto clear_all_counters;
+
if (counter_width < eax.split.bit_width)
counter_width = eax.split.bit_width;
}

+clear_all_counters:
+
/* clear all counters */
for (i = 0 ; i < num_counters; ++i) {
if (unlikely(!CTRL_IS_RESERVED(msrs, i)))
- --
1.6.1.2
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