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Subject[PATCH 06/13] perf_events: disable LBR support for older Intel Atom processors (v3)
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The patch adds a restriction for Intel Atom LBR support. Only
steppings 10 (PineView) and more recent are supported. Older models,
do not have a functional LBR. Their LBR does not freeze on PMU interrupt
which makes LBR unusable in the context of perf_events.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index 8a1eb6c..e2b7094 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_init_snb(void)
/* atom */
void intel_pmu_lbr_init_atom(void)
{
+ /*
+ * only models starting at stepping 10 seems
+ * to have an operational LBR which can freeze
+ * on PMU interrupt
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 10) {
+ pr_cont("LBR disabled due to erratum");
+ return;
+ }
+
x86_pmu.lbr_nr = 8;
x86_pmu.lbr_tos = MSR_LBR_TOS;
x86_pmu.lbr_from = MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM;
--
1.7.1


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