linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/x86: fix RAPL rdmsrl

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:04:19 +0200
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, venkateshs@...gle.com,
	bp@...en8.de, ak@...ux.intel.com, zheng.z.yan@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86: fix RAPL rdmsrl_safe() usage


This patch fixes a bug introduced by commit 24223657.

The rdmsrl_safe() function returns 0 on success.
The current code was failing to detect the RAPL PMU
on real hardware  (missing /sys/devices/power) because
the return value of rdmsrl_safe() was misinterpreted.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
index 7c87424..619f769 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ static int rapl_cpu_prepare(int cpu)
 	if (phys_id < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (!rdmsrl_safe(MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT, &msr_rapl_power_unit_bits))
+	/* protect rdmsrl() to handle virtualization */
+	if (rdmsrl_safe(MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT, &msr_rapl_power_unit_bits))
 		return -1;
 
 	pmu = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*pmu), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
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