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Message-ID: <tip-72eae04d3a3075c26d39e1e685acfc8e8c29db64@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:05:47 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, robert.richter@....com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter, x86: modify initialization of struct x86_pmu

Commit-ID:  72eae04d3a3075c26d39e1e685acfc8e8c29db64
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/72eae04d3a3075c26d39e1e685acfc8e8c29db64
Author:     Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:47:10 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:51:07 +0200

perf_counter, x86: modify initialization of struct x86_pmu

This patch adds an error handler and changes initialization of struct
x86_pmu. No functional changes. Needed for follow-on patches.

[ Impact: cleanup ]

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1241002046-8832-14-git-send-email-robert.richter@....com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index 5a52d73..7c72a94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static struct x86_pmu amd_pmu = {
 	.max_events		= ARRAY_SIZE(amd_perfmon_event_map),
 };
 
-static struct x86_pmu *intel_pmu_init(void)
+static int intel_pmu_init(void)
 {
 	union cpuid10_edx edx;
 	union cpuid10_eax eax;
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static struct x86_pmu *intel_pmu_init(void)
 	unsigned int ebx;
 
 	if (!cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON))
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check whether the Architectural PerfMon supports
@@ -929,49 +929,54 @@ static struct x86_pmu *intel_pmu_init(void)
 	 */
 	cpuid(10, &eax.full, &ebx, &unused, &edx.full);
 	if (eax.split.mask_length <= ARCH_PERFMON_BRANCH_MISSES_RETIRED)
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	intel_perfmon_version = eax.split.version_id;
 	if (intel_perfmon_version < 2)
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	pr_info("Intel Performance Monitoring support detected.\n");
 	pr_info("... version:         %d\n", intel_perfmon_version);
 	pr_info("... bit width:       %d\n", eax.split.bit_width);
 	pr_info("... mask length:     %d\n", eax.split.mask_length);
 
+	x86_pmu = &intel_pmu;
+
 	nr_counters_generic = eax.split.num_counters;
 	nr_counters_fixed = edx.split.num_counters_fixed;
 	counter_value_mask = (1ULL << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
 
-	return &intel_pmu;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct x86_pmu *amd_pmu_init(void)
+static int amd_pmu_init(void)
 {
+	x86_pmu = &amd_pmu;
+
 	nr_counters_generic = 4;
 	nr_counters_fixed = 0;
 	counter_value_mask = 0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFFULL;
 	counter_value_bits = 48;
 
 	pr_info("AMD Performance Monitoring support detected.\n");
-
-	return &amd_pmu;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
 	case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
-		x86_pmu = intel_pmu_init();
+		err = intel_pmu_init();
 		break;
 	case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
-		x86_pmu = amd_pmu_init();
+		err = amd_pmu_init();
 		break;
 	default:
 		return;
 	}
-	if (!x86_pmu)
+	if (err != 0)
 		return;
 
 	pr_info("... num counters:    %d\n", nr_counters_generic);
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