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Patch in this message | | | From | "Yan, Zheng" <> | Subject | [PATCH V4 15/16] perf, x86: disable FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI when LBR operates in callstack mode | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:50:52 +0800 |
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LBR callstack is designed for PEBS, It does not work well with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI for non PEBS event. If FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI is set for non PEBS event, PMIs near call/return instructions may cause superfluous increase/decrease of LBR_TOS.
This patch modifies __intel_pmu_lbr_enable() to not enable FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI when LBR operates in callstack mode. We currently don't use LBR callstack to capture kernel space callchain, so disabling FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI should not be a problem.
Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c index f059b98..dd14f67 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c @@ -138,7 +138,14 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(void) wrmsrl(MSR_LBR_SELECT, cpuc->lbr_sel->config); rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl); - debugctl |= (DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR | DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI); + debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR; + /* + * LBR callstack does not work well with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI. + * If FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI is set, PMI near call/return instructions + * may cause superfluous increase/decrease of LBR_TOS. + */ + if (!cpuc->lbr_sel || !(cpuc->lbr_sel->config & LBR_CALL_STACK)) + debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI; wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl); } -- 1.9.0
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