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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] perf/amlogic: Fix large number of counter issue
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On 2023/3/27 22:10, Will Deacon wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 07:54:02PM +0800, Jiucheng Xu wrote:
>> When use 1ms interval, very large number of counter happens
>> once in a while as below:
>>
>> 25.968654513 281474976710655.84 MB meson_ddr_bw/chan_1_rw_bytes,arm=1/
>> 26.118657346 281474976710655.88 MB meson_ddr_bw/chan_1_rw_bytes,arm=1/
>> 26.180137180 281474976710655.66 MB meson_ddr_bw/chan_1_rw_bytes,arm=1/
>>
>> Root cause is the race between irq handler
>> and pmu.read callback. Use spin lock to protect the sw&hw
>> counters.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiucheng Xu <jiucheng.xu@amlogic.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/perf/amlogic/meson_ddr_pmu_core.c | 10 +++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/amlogic/meson_ddr_pmu_core.c b/drivers/perf/amlogic/meson_ddr_pmu_core.c
>> index 0b24dee1ed3c..9b2e5d5c0626 100644
>> --- a/drivers/perf/amlogic/meson_ddr_pmu_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/perf/amlogic/meson_ddr_pmu_core.c
>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>> #include <linux/perf_event.h>
>> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> #include <linux/printk.h>
>> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
>> #include <linux/sysfs.h>
>> #include <linux/types.h>
>>
>> @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ struct ddr_pmu {
>> struct pmu pmu;
>> struct dmc_info info;
>> struct dmc_counter counters; /* save counters from hw */
>> + spinlock_t lock; /* protect hw/sw counter */
>> bool pmu_enabled;
>> struct device *dev;
>> char *name;
>> @@ -92,10 +94,12 @@ static void meson_ddr_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event)
>> int idx;
>> int chann_nr = pmu->info.hw_info->chann_nr;
>>
>> + spin_lock(&pmu->lock);
> Why doesn't this need the _irqsave() variant if we're racing with the irq
> handler?
>
> Will
I think meson_ddr_perf_event_update function is called with hard irq off.
So update function couldn't be interrupted by irq handler. Right?

Thanks,
Jiucheng
>

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