linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/3] perf, amd: Support for Family 16h L2I Performance Counters

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:49:12 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/3] perf, amd: Support for Family 16h L2I
 Performance Counters

On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 13:38 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 10:23 -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> > > Upcoming AMD Family 16h Processors provide 4 new performance counters
> > > to count L2 related events. Similar to northbridge counters, these new
> > > counters are shared across multiple CPUs that share the same L2 cache.
> > > This patchset adds support for these new counters and enforces sharing
> > > by leveraging the existing sharing logic used for the northbridge
> > > counters.
> >
> > If they're separate counters -- not shared with the regular cpu
> > counters like the 10h NB counters are, then they should have their own
> > PMU driver.
> >
> > Similar to the 15h NB counters; which are a separate set of counters
> > and no longer overlay the normal counters.
> >
> Well, that's how this was suggested but that's not how it's
> implemented currently
> and committed if I recall.

Hmm.. the 15h old interface bits got merged? I thought I kept telling
that should be done like the intel uncore stuff since the hardware
interface wasn't retarded anymore.

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