linux-kernel - [patch] perf: remove l1-dcache-stores event for AMD

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Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 2015 11:34:45 -0500 (EST)
From:	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...il.com>
Subject: [patch] perf: remove l1-dcache-stores event for AMD

This is a long standing bug with the l1-dcache-stores generic event on
AMD machines.  My perf_event testsuite has been complaining about this
for years and I'm finally getting around to trying to get it fixed.

The data_cache_refills:system event does not make sense for l1-dcache-stores.
Maybe this was a typo and it was meant to be for l1-dcache-store-misses?

In any case, the values returned are nowhere near correct for l1-dcache-stores
and in fact the umask values for the event have completely changed with
fam15h so it makes even less sense than ever.  So just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index 1cee5d2..05e76bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static __initconst const u64 amd_hw_cache_event_ids
 		[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0x0141, /* Data Cache Misses          */
 	},
 	[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
-		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0x0142, /* Data Cache Refills :system */
+		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
 		[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
 	},
 	[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
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