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Date:	Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:27:46 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	robert.richter@....com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Improve debug output in check_hw_exists(
 )

Commit-ID:  f285f92f7e4c9af20149130c8fd5027131b39b0e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f285f92f7e4c9af20149130c8fd5027131b39b0e
Author:     Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:46:36 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 21:19:42 +0200

perf/x86: Improve debug output in check_hw_exists()

It might be of interest which perfctr msr failed.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
[ added hunk to avoid GCC warn ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1340217996-2254-5-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 7b4f1e8..3eb88eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void) {}
 
 static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 {
-	u64 val, val_new = 0;
+	u64 val, val_new = ~0;
 	int i, reg, ret = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 	 * that don't trap on the MSR access and always return 0s.
 	 */
 	val = 0xabcdUL;
-	ret = wrmsrl_safe(x86_pmu_event_addr(0), val);
-	ret |= rdmsrl_safe(x86_pmu_event_addr(0), &val_new);
+	reg = x86_pmu_event_addr(0);
+	ret = wrmsrl_safe(reg, val);
+	ret |= rdmsrl_safe(reg, &val_new);
 	if (ret || val != val_new)
 		goto msr_fail;
 
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ bios_fail:
 
 msr_fail:
 	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val_new);
 
 	return false;
 }
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