linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix intel shared extra msr allocation

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Message-ID: <1338898024.28282.160.camel@twins>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:07:04 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	"Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix intel shared extra msr allocation

On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 12:38 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> How about we add a field or flag to cpuc to tell it's fake, and then
> in
> try_alt_er() and __intel_shared_reg_get_constraints() we avoid
> touching
> live struct (like reg->alloc) if fake==1. I think he was trying to do
> the same with the core_id == -1 test. 

We might have to do something like that, however I'm trying to figure
out when that reg->alloc test in __intel_shared_reg_get_contraints() is
useful.

If it is useful in event scheduling, we cannot just leave it out in
validate_group().
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