linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Only dump PEBS register when PEBS has been detected

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 11:45:40 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86:
  Only dump PEBS register when PEBS has been detected

Commit-ID:  15fde1101a1aed11958e0d86bc360f01866a74b1
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/15fde1101a1aed11958e0d86bc360f01866a74b1
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:48:32 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 17:33:17 +0200

perf/x86: Only dump PEBS register when PEBS has been detected

Technically PEBS_ENABLED is only guaranteed to exist when we
detected PEBS. So add a check for this to the PMU dump function.
I don't think it can happen on a real CPU, but could in a VM.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: eranian@...gle.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425059312-18217-4-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 9947372..689e357 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1189,14 +1189,16 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 		rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS, status);
 		rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, overflow);
 		rdmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL, fixed);
-		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, pebs);
 
 		pr_info("\n");
 		pr_info("CPU#%d: ctrl:       %016llx\n", cpu, ctrl);
 		pr_info("CPU#%d: status:     %016llx\n", cpu, status);
 		pr_info("CPU#%d: overflow:   %016llx\n", cpu, overflow);
 		pr_info("CPU#%d: fixed:      %016llx\n", cpu, fixed);
-		pr_info("CPU#%d: pebs:       %016llx\n", cpu, pebs);
+		if (x86_pmu.pebs_constraints) {
+			rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, pebs);
+			pr_info("CPU#%d: pebs:       %016llx\n", cpu, pebs);
+		}
 		if (x86_pmu.lbr_nr) {
 			rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
 			pr_info("CPU#%d: debugctl:   %016llx\n", cpu, debugctl);
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