linux-kernel - Re: Oprofile : need to adjust PC by 16 bytes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:21:21 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>,
	Vilem Marsik <vmarsik@...e.cz>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Oprofile : need to adjust PC by 16 bytes

Mikael Pettersson a écrit :
> Eric Dumazet writes:
>  > Very strange results on my Intel E5450 CPU
>  > 
>  > I found that I have to bias regs->ip by 16 bytes in order to have
>  > correct profiling.
>  > 
>  > Does it rings a bell to anyone ?
> 
> The term is "skid". All OO processors are susceptible to it,
> as was known already to the Alpha "continous profiling"
> performance counter folks.

Cool. Maybe this can explain the other bug I have with oprofile.

> 
> And no, blindly subtracting 16 from IP is not a fix.

Who mentioned a fix ? I am only giving more fuel to Intel guys so they
hopefully can give us a working oprofile.


> 
>  > 
>  > opcontrol --version
>  > opcontrol: oprofile 0.9.4 compiled on Nov  3 2008 06:45:57
>  > 
>  > Thank you
>  > 
>  > diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
>  > index 3f1b81a..051fb16 100644
>  > --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
>  > +++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
>  > @@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ static int ppro_check_ctrs(struct pt_regs * const regs,
>  >                         continue;
>  >                 rdmsrl(msrs->counters[i].addr, val);
>  >                 if (CTR_OVERFLOWED(val)) {
>  > +                       regs->ip -= 0x10;
>  >                         oprofile_add_sample(regs, i);
>  > +                       regs->ip += 0x10;
>  >                         wrmsrl(msrs->counters[i].addr, -reset_value[i]);
>  >                 }
>  >         }
>  > 
>  > --


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/