linux-kernel - Re: [RFC -tip] perf, x86: Add PERF_COUNT_HW_NMI

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:54:40 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Vince Weaver <vweaver1@...s.utk.edu>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC -tip] perf, x86: Add PERF_COUNT_HW_NMI_WATCHDOG event v2

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:40:39AM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 01:21:34PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > ...
> >> Note that I've not tested it but rather need approval/rejecting
> >> on idea in general.
> >
> > The final version is below. Stephane, note that it's almost the
> > same idea as you proposed except it uses explicit namings to
> > mark out that watchdog cycles are special.
> >
> This looks okay.
> 
> The only alternative I see (This is wha I had in mind at the
> beginning) that would
> not require this new hidden generic event would be to have watchdog.c invoke an
> arch-specific callback to fill out the attr.type, attr->config fields directly:
> 
...
> 
> No new hidden event, just a x86_pmu + a per-arch callbacks.

Looks quite good for me, Don? (i'll cook some draft patch for review meanwhile).

	Cyrill
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