linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix PT PMI handling

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:51:01 +0200
From:   Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vitaly Slobodskoy <vitaly.slobodskoy@...el.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix PT PMI handling

Commit:

  ccbebba4c6bf ("perf/x86/intel/pt: Bypass PT vs. LBR exclusivity if the core supports it")

skips the PT/LBR exclusivity check on CPUs where PT and LBRs coexist, but
also inadvertently skips the active_events bump for PT in that case, which
is a bug. If there aren't any hardware events at the same time as PT, the
PMI handler will ignore PT PMIs, as active_events reads zero in that case,
resulting in the "Uhhuh" spurious NMI warning and PT data loss.

Fix this by always increasing active_events for PT events.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Fixes: ccbebba4c6bf ("perf/x86/intel/pt: Bypass PT vs. LBR exclusivity if the core supports it")
Reported-by: Vitaly Slobodskoy <vitaly.slobodskoy@...el.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.7
---
 arch/x86/events/core.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 6e3f0c18908e..5a736197dfa4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int x86_add_exclusive(unsigned int what)
 	 * LBR and BTS are still mutually exclusive.
 	 */
 	if (x86_pmu.lbr_pt_coexist && what == x86_lbr_exclusive_pt)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&x86_pmu.lbr_exclusive[what])) {
 		mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ int x86_add_exclusive(unsigned int what)
 		mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
 	}
 
+out:
 	atomic_inc(&active_events);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -397,11 +398,15 @@ int x86_add_exclusive(unsigned int what)
 
 void x86_del_exclusive(unsigned int what)
 {
+	atomic_dec(&active_events);
+
+	/*
+	 * See the comment in x86_add_exclusive().
+	 */
 	if (x86_pmu.lbr_pt_coexist && what == x86_lbr_exclusive_pt)
 		return;
 
 	atomic_dec(&x86_pmu.lbr_exclusive[what]);
-	atomic_dec(&active_events);
 }
 
 int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
-- 
2.24.0