linux-kernel - [PATCH V5 1/6] perf, x86: use the PEBS auto reload mechanism when possible

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Message-Id: <1424701556-28270-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:25:51 -0500
From:	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, acme@...radead.org, eranian@...gle.com,
	andi@...stfloor.org, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH V5 1/6] perf, x86: use the PEBS auto reload mechanism when possible

From: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>

When a fixed period is specified, this patch make perf use the PEBS
auto reload mechanism. This makes normal profiling faster, because
it avoids one costly MSR write in the PMI handler.

Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c          | 15 +++++++++------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index e0dab5c..8a77a94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -990,13 +990,16 @@ int x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	per_cpu(pmc_prev_left[idx], smp_processor_id()) = left;
 
-	/*
-	 * The hw event starts counting from this event offset,
-	 * mark it to be able to extra future deltas:
-	 */
-	local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
+	if (!(hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD) ||
+	    local64_read(&hwc->prev_count) != (u64)-left) {
+		/*
+		 * The hw event starts counting from this event offset,
+		 * mark it to be able to extra future deltas:
+		 */
+		local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
 
-	wrmsrl(hwc->event_base, (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
+		wrmsrl(hwc->event_base, (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Due to erratum on certan cpu we need
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index a371d27..bc4ae3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct event_constraint {
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_LD_HSW	0x10 /* haswell style datala, load */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_NA_HSW	0x20 /* haswell style datala, unknown */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED	0x40 /* grant rdpmc permission */
-
+#define PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD	0x80 /* use PEBS auto-reload */
 
 struct amd_nb {
 	int nb_id;  /* NorthBridge id */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
index 0739833..728fb88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ void intel_pmu_pebs_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
 	hwc->config &= ~ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT;
+	if (!event->attr.freq)
+		hwc->flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD;
 
 	cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << hwc->idx;
 
@@ -680,6 +682,12 @@ void intel_pmu_pebs_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 		cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << (hwc->idx + 32);
 	else if (event->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_ST)
 		cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << 63;
+
+	/* Use auto-reload if possible to save a MSR write in the PMI */
+	if (hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD) {
+		ds->pebs_event_reset[hwc->idx] =
+			(u64)-hwc->sample_period & x86_pmu.cntval_mask;
+	}
 }
 
 void intel_pmu_pebs_disable(struct perf_event *event)
@@ -698,6 +706,7 @@ void intel_pmu_pebs_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, cpuc->pebs_enabled);
 
 	hwc->config |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT;
+	hwc->flags &= ~PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD;
 }
 
 void intel_pmu_pebs_enable_all(void)
-- 
1.8.3.2

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