linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2016 05:15:20 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	eranian@...gle.com, vincent.weaver@...ne.edu,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com,
	acme@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, wangnan0@...wei.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, jolsa@...hat.com, kan.liang@...el.com,
	jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE_SIZE for PEBS buffer size
 on Core2

Commit-ID:  e72daf3f4d764c47fb71c9bdc7f9c54a503825b1
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e72daf3f4d764c47fb71c9bdc7f9c54a503825b1
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:03:52 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 12:18:32 +0100

perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE_SIZE for PEBS buffer size on Core2

Using PAGE_SIZE buffers makes the WRMSR to PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL in
intel_pmu_enable_all() mysteriously hang on Core2. As a workaround, we
don't do this.

The hard lockup is easily triggered by running 'perf test attr'
repeatedly. Most of the time it gets stuck on sample session with
small periods.

  # perf test attr -vv
  14: struct perf_event_attr setup                             :
  --- start ---
  ...
    'PERF_TEST_ATTR=/tmp/tmpuEKz3B /usr/bin/perf record -o /tmp/tmpuEKz3B/perf.data -c 123 kill >/dev/null 2>&1' ret 1

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160301190352.GA8355@krava.redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c   | 13 +++++++++++--
 arch/x86/events/perf_event.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index c8a243d..22ece02 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int alloc_pebs_buffer(int cpu)
 	if (!x86_pmu.pebs)
 		return 0;
 
-	buffer = kzalloc_node(PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	buffer = kzalloc_node(x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (unlikely(!buffer))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int alloc_pebs_buffer(int cpu)
 		per_cpu(insn_buffer, cpu) = ibuffer;
 	}
 
-	max = PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE / x86_pmu.pebs_record_size;
+	max = x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size / x86_pmu.pebs_record_size;
 
 	ds->pebs_buffer_base = (u64)(unsigned long)buffer;
 	ds->pebs_index = ds->pebs_buffer_base;
@@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
 
 	x86_pmu.bts  = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BTS);
 	x86_pmu.pebs = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PEBS);
+	x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size = PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE;
 	if (x86_pmu.pebs) {
 		char pebs_type = x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_trap ?  '+' : '-';
 		int format = x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format;
@@ -1327,6 +1328,14 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
 		case 0:
 			pr_cont("PEBS fmt0%c, ", pebs_type);
 			x86_pmu.pebs_record_size = sizeof(struct pebs_record_core);
+			/*
+			 * Using >PAGE_SIZE buffers makes the WRMSR to
+			 * PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL in intel_pmu_enable_all()
+			 * mysteriously hang on Core2.
+			 *
+			 * As a workaround, we don't do this.
+			 */
+			x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size = PAGE_SIZE;
 			x86_pmu.drain_pebs = intel_pmu_drain_pebs_core;
 			break;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 7bb61e3..1ab6279 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 			pebs_broken	:1,
 			pebs_prec_dist	:1;
 	int		pebs_record_size;
+	int		pebs_buffer_size;
 	void		(*drain_pebs)(struct pt_regs *regs);
 	struct event_constraint *pebs_constraints;
 	void		(*pebs_aliases)(struct perf_event *event);