linux-kernel - Re: x86_pmu_start WARN

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Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:35:18 -0500 (EST)
From:	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
To:	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: x86_pmu_start WARN_ON.

On Thu, 13 Feb 2014, Vince Weaver wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Vince Weaver wrote:
> > 
> > It is triggered in this case when you have:
> > 
> >   An event group of breakpoint, cycles, branches
> >   An event of instructions with precise=1
> >   A tracepoint
> > 
> > and then you close the tracepoint.
> 
> and for what it's worth, it's the cycles event (type=0 config=0) that's 
> causing the WARN_ON.

The plot thickens.  The WARN_ON is not caused by the cycles event that we 
open, but it's caused by the NMI Watchdog cycles event.

I'm not sure if that's useful info or not.

Vince
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