linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] perf, x86: Segregate PMU workaraunds into x86_pmu_quirk

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Date:	Sat, 29 May 2010 20:33:10 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] perf, x86: Segregate PMU workaraunds into
 x86_pmu_quirk_ops structure


On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 22:24 +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> @@ -924,7 +930,11 @@ x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_ev
>          */
>         atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
>  
> -       wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
> +       if (x86_pmu.quirks.perfctr_write)
> +               x86_pmu.quirks.perfctr_write(hwc->event_base + idx,
> +                               (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
> +       else
> +               wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
>                         (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);

This bit is rather ugly,.. not quite sure how to clean it up though.
Anybody got a bright idea?

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