linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 22:38:28 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	<mingo@...e.hu>, <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on
 SandyBridge

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:52:17PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Checking a bitmap of n bits for being all zero is O(n), so the total is
> still O(n^2). Still, probably faster than the for_each_online_cpu() scan
> I do now.

Ok, here's what I mean:

On init you do:

	cpumask_copy(ucode_mask, cpu_online_mask);

In the notifier:

	cpumask_clear_cpu(this_cpu, ucode_mask);

	if (cpumask_empty(ucode_mask))
		verify_pebs();

So, on each cpu you do cpumask_clear_cpu() which should be O(k) for some
constant k.

And ok, cpumask_empty() aka __bitmap_empty() iterates over
nbits/BITS_PER_LONG, so here's the O(n), I see what you mean.

Well, you could probably replace cpumask_empty() with cpumask_weight()
which should use POPCNT in newer hardware and should be almost for free.

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