linux-kernel - [PATCH] [22/35] i386: i386 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2)

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Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:52:47 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...-64.org
Subject: [PATCH] [22/35] i386: i386 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2)


From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com>
Hello,

This patch against 2.6.20-git14 makes the NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1
instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0 on processors supporting Intel architectural
perfmon, such as Intel Core 2. Although all PMU events can work on
both counters, the Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) requires that the
event be in PERFCTR0 to work correctly (see section 18.14.4.1 in the
IA32 SDM Vol 3b).

A similar patch for x86-64 is to follow.

Changelog:
        - make the i386 NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1 instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0
          on processors supporting the Intel architectural perfmon (e.g. Core 2 Duo).
          This allows PEBS to work when the NMI watchdog is active.

signed-off-by: stephane eranian <eranian@....hp.com>


Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

---
 arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int __init check_nmi_watchdog(voi
 		nmi_hz = 1;
 
 		if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_P6_PERFCTR0 ||
-		    wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0) {
+		    wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1) {
 			nmi_hz = adjust_for_32bit_ctr(nmi_hz);
 		}
 	}
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ static int setup_intel_arch_watchdog(voi
 	    (ebx & ARCH_PERFMON_UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES_PRESENT))
 		goto fail;
 
-	perfctr_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0;
-	evntsel_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0;
+	perfctr_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1;
+	evntsel_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL1;
 
 	if (!__reserve_perfctr_nmi(-1, perfctr_msr))
 		goto fail;
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ __kprobes int nmi_watchdog_tick(struct p
 				write_watchdog_counter(wd->perfctr_msr, NULL);
 	 		}
 			else if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_P6_PERFCTR0 ||
-				 wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0) {
+				 wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1) {
 				/* P6 based Pentium M need to re-unmask
 				 * the apic vector but it doesn't hurt
 				 * other P6 variant.
-
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