linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 4/4] perf/x86: fix: disable userspace RDPMC usage for large PEBS

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:42:51 -0800
From:   kan.liang@...ux.intel.com
To:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, jolsa@...hat.com, eranian@...gle.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 4/4] perf/x86: fix: disable userspace RDPMC usage for large PEBS

From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>

The userspace RDPMC usage never works for large PEBS since the large
PEBS is introduced by
commit b8241d20699e ("perf/x86/intel: Implement batched PEBS interrupt
handling (large PEBS interrupt threshold)")

When the PEBS interrupt threshold is larger than one, there is no way to
get exact auto-reload times and value for userspace RDPMC.

Disable the userspace RDPMC usage when large PEBS is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index acd7ffc..703bd81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2120,7 +2120,8 @@ static int x86_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 			event->destroy(event);
 	}
 
-	if (READ_ONCE(x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc))
+	if (READ_ONCE(x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc) &&
+	    !(event->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_FREERUNNING))
 		event->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED;
 
 	return err;
-- 
2.7.4