linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.14 75/76] perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:01:33 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.14 75/76] perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE_SIZE for PEBS buffer
 size on Core2

On 04/10/2016, 08:37 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> 
> commit 3135a66b768c5ee84c8a98b21d0330dc1c1234b4 upstream.

Where does this come from?

fatal: bad object 3135a66b768c5ee84c8a98b21d0330dc1c1234b4

The same for the later perf patch.

> 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: 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>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h          |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c |   13 +++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs