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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix spurious NMI on fixed counter
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On 6/25/2019 10:58 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 07:21:35AM -0700, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
>> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> If a user first sample a PEBS event on a fixed counter, then sample a
>> non-PEBS event on the same fixed counter on Icelake, it will trigger
>> spurious NMI. For example,
>>
>> perf record -e 'cycles:p' -a
>> perf record -e 'cycles' -a
>>
>> The error message for spurious NMI.
>>
>> [June 21 15:38] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 30 on CPU 2.
>> [ +0.000000] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
>> [ +0.000000] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
>>
>> The issue was introduced by the following commit:
>>
>> commit 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")
>>
>> The commit moves the intel_pmu_pebs_disable() after
>> intel_pmu_disable_fixed(), which returns immediately.
>> The related bit of PEBS_ENABLE MSR will never be cleared for the fixed
>> counter. Then a non-PEBS event runs on the fixed counter, but the bit
>> on PEBS_ENABLE is still set, which trigger spurious NMI.
>>
>> Check and disable PEBS for fixed counter after intel_pmu_disable_fixed().
>>
>> Reported-by: Yi, Ammy <ammy.yi@intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>> Fixes: 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")
>> ---
>> arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 8 +++-----
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> index 4377bf6a6f82..464316218b77 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> @@ -2160,12 +2160,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_event(struct perf_event *event)
>> cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask &= ~(1ull << hwc->idx);
>> cpuc->intel_cp_status &= ~(1ull << hwc->idx);
>>
>> - if (unlikely(hwc->config_base == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL)) {
>> + if (unlikely(hwc->config_base == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL))
>> intel_pmu_disable_fixed(hwc);
>> - return;
>> - }
>> -
>> - x86_pmu_disable_event(event);
>> + else
>> + x86_pmu_disable_event(event);
>>
>
> oops, I overlooed this, looks good
>
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
>
> thanks,
> jirka
>

Hi,

Could this fix be accepted?

Thanks
Jin Yao

>> /*
>> * Needs to be called after x86_pmu_disable_event,
>> --
>> 2.14.5
>>

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