linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH] x86/perf_count: update x86

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Message-ID: <4A487017.4090007@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:41:11 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH] x86/perf_count: update x86_pmu after WARN


should print out before changing the value

[Impact: get right print when clipping num_conunters]

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -1496,17 +1496,17 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 	pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);
 
 	if (x86_pmu.num_counters > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
-		x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters %d > max(%d), clipping!",
 		     x86_pmu.num_counters, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
+		x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
 	}
 	perf_counter_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_counters) - 1;
 	perf_max_counters = x86_pmu.num_counters;
 
 	if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
-		x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
 		     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
+		x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
 	}
 
 	perf_counter_mask |=
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