linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] perf, x86: Use GO/HO bits in perf-ctr

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Message-ID: <1305038132-5080-3-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 16:35:31 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] perf, x86: Use GO/HO bits in perf-ctr

The AMD perf-counters support counting in guest or host-mode
only. Make use of that feature when user-space specified
guest/host-mode only counting.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h    |    3 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index d9d4dae..34047c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INV			(1ULL << 23)
 #define ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_CMASK			0xFF000000ULL
 
+#define AMD_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_GUESTONLY			(1ULL << 40)
+#define AMD_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY			(1ULL << 41)
+
 #define AMD64_EVENTSEL_EVENT	\
 	(ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT | (0x0FULL << 32))
 #define INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK	\
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index cf4e369..afc21f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ static int amd_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (event->attr.exclude_host)
+		event->hw.config |= AMD_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_GUESTONLY;
+
+	if (event->attr.exclude_guest)
+		event->hw.config |= AMD_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY;
+
 	if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
1.7.4.1


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