linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/amd: Add support for AMD NB and L2I " uncore" counters

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Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:02:32 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, eranian@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	acme@...stprotocols.net, jolsa@...hat.com, jacob.shin@....com,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/amd: Add support for AMD NB and L2I "
 uncore" counters

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 05:48:36AM -0700, tip-bot for Jacob Shin wrote:
> Commit-ID:  c43ca5091a374c1f6778bd7e4a39a5a10735a917
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c43ca5091a374c1f6778bd7e4a39a5a10735a917
> Author:     Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:34:28 -0500
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitDate: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:01:24 +0200
> 
> perf/x86/amd: Add support for AMD NB and L2I "uncore" counters
> 
> Add support for AMD Family 15h [and above] northbridge
> performance counters. MSRs 0xc0010240 ~ 0xc0010247 are shared
> across all cores that share a common northbridge.
> 
> Add support for AMD Family 16h L2 performance counters. MSRs
> 0xc0010230 ~ 0xc0010237 are shared across all cores that share a
> common L2 cache.
> 
> We do not enable counter overflow interrupts. Sampling mode and
> per-thread events are not supported.

Something's fishy with lockdep here:

[    1.217368] perf: AMD NB counters detected
[    1.217438] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    1.217497] WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:2590 trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1b9/0x1f0()
[    1.217572] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M.
[    1.217624] Modules linked in:
[    1.217705] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 3.9.0-rc7+ #2
[    1.217760] Call Trace:
[    1.217810]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8103bd2f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
[    1.217926]  [<ffffffff81130905>] ? new_slab+0x225/0x2a0
[    1.217981]  [<ffffffff8103bd8a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[    1.218038]  [<ffffffff8109aac9>] trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1b9/0x1f0
[    1.218095]  [<ffffffff8109ab0d>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
[    1.218149]  [<ffffffff81130905>] new_slab+0x225/0x2a0
[    1.218205]  [<ffffffff815959d8>] __slab_alloc.isra.57.constprop.60+0x31e/0x454
[    1.218281]  [<ffffffff8107a813>] ? local_clock+0x43/0x50
[    1.218365]  [<ffffffff810a62ee>] ? generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x7e/0x110
[    1.218441]  [<ffffffff810984e8>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x28/0x120
[    1.218497]  [<ffffffff81131f05>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xb5/0x1f0
[    1.218552]  [<ffffffff810a62ee>] ? generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x7e/0x110
[    1.218629]  [<ffffffff8158b4e1>] amd_uncore_alloc.isra.7+0x1f/0x29
[    1.218683]  [<ffffffff8158b505>] amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare+0x1a/0xac
[    1.218739]  [<ffffffff81a9dfe8>] init_cpu_already_online+0x14/0x26
[    1.218794]  [<ffffffff8107a813>] ? local_clock+0x43/0x50
[    1.218848]  [<ffffffff810a630d>] generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x9d/0x110
[    1.218924]  [<ffffffff81027157>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x27/0x40
[    1.219000]  [<ffffffff8159e56f>] call_function_single_interrupt+0x6f/0x80
[    1.219620]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff8100b515>] ? default_idle+0x25/0x270
[    1.219735]  [<ffffffff8100b513>] ? default_idle+0x23/0x270
[    1.219789]  [<ffffffff8100c146>] arch_cpu_idle+0x26/0x30
[    1.219844]  [<ffffffff8108cf1e>] cpu_startup_entry+0x7e/0x3d0
[    1.219898]  [<ffffffff8158d2c4>] start_secondary+0x1b7/0x1bb
[    1.219956] ---[ end trace abe5f11379b64afd ]---
[    1.220059] LVT offset 0 assigned for vector 0x400
[    1.220140] perf: AMD IBS detected (0x000000ff)

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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