linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/5] bugs fix for large PEBS mmap read and rdpmc read

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:15:39 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/5] bugs fix for large PEBS mmap read and rdpmc read

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 07:59:41PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Still, the part I am missing here, is why asking for
> > PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD voids large PEBS.
> 
> I think it was disabled together with frequency mode
> (which we could support too, but it's a bit more work)
> 
> But yes PERIOD could probably be allowed.

looks like it's just a matter of adding PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD
into PEBS_FREERUNNING_FLAGS, we already populate period
in setup_pebs_sample_data

jirka


---
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 8e4ea143ed96..78f91ec1056e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ struct amd_nb {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_ID | PERF_SAMPLE_CPU | PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID | \
 	PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC | PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER | \
 	PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION | PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR | \
-	PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR | PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER)
+	PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR | PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER | \
+	PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD)
 
 #define PEBS_REGS \
 	(PERF_REG_X86_AX | \