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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf_events: AMD event scheduling (v3)
On 10.02.10 12:59:26, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 17:17 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > This patch adds correct AMD Northbridge event scheduling.
> > It must be applied on top tip-x86 + hw_perf_enable() fix.
> >
> > NB events are events measuring L3 cache, Hypertransport
> > traffic. They are identified by an event code >= 0xe0.
> > They measure events on the Northbride which is shared
> > by all cores on a package. NB events are counted on a
> > shared set of counters. When a NB event is programmed
> > in a counter, the data actually comes from a shared
> > counter. Thus, access to those counters needs to be
> > synchronized.
> >
> > We implement the synchronization such that no two cores
> > can be measuring NB events using the same counters. Thus,
> > we maintain a per-NB * allocation table. The available slot
> > is propagated using the event_constraint structure.
> >
> > The 2nd version takes into account the changes on how
> > constraints are stored by the scheduling code.
> >
> > The 3rd version fixes formatting issues, code readability
> > and one bug in amd_put_event_constraints().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
>
> OK, took this with the below merged in.

Peter,

will this go to tip/perf/core? Or is there another tree?

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@amd.com



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