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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:31:41 -0700
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, eranian@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	stable@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86: Add SNB offcore event constraints

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:36 AM, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
<a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> Commit-ID:  c370117c978adba861fad467427a9301c2c7082b
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c370117c978adba861fad467427a9301c2c7082b
> Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> AuthorDate: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:41:23 +0100
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitDate: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:46 +0200
>
> perf/x86: Add SNB offcore event constraints
>
> As found in the Intel SDM (March 2012 edition) in Volume 3
> section 18.8.5, the offcore response events are constrained
> to PMC0 and PMC3 resp..
>
I don't believe this is correct in the SDM. It may be a side effect
of how Intel tools work. I'll check again.

> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
> Cc: <stable@...nel.org>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-n6vf6grjv94vnzvuccu0clcv@git.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c |   14 ++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> index 26b3e2f..bab8c6d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> @@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_westmere_event_constraints[] __read_mostly
>
>  static struct event_constraint intel_snb_event_constraints[] __read_mostly =
>  {
> -       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x00c0, 0), /* INST_RETIRED.ANY */
> -       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x003c, 1), /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE */
> -       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0300, 2), /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.REF */
> -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x48, 0x4), /* L1D_PEND_MISS.PENDING */
> -       INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2), /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
> -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xcd, 0x8), /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LOAD_LATENCY */
> +       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x00c0, 0),      /* INST_RETIRED.ANY */
> +       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x003c, 1),      /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE */
> +       FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0300, 2),      /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.REF */
> +       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x48, 0x4),      /* L1D_PEND_MISS.PENDING */
> +       INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2),   /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
> +       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xcd, 0x8),      /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LOAD_LATENCY */
> +       INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01b7, 0x1),   /* OFFCORE_RSP_0 */
> +       INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01bb, 0x8),   /* OFFCORE_RSP_1 */
>        EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END
>  };
>
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