linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/intel/ds: Handle PEBS overflow for fixed counters

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:02:17 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     kan.liang@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        acme@...nel.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        vincent.weaver@...ne.edu, jolsa@...hat.com, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/intel/ds: Handle PEBS overflow for fixed
 counters

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 04:59:44PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 06:15:41PM -0800, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> > index ef47a418d819..86149b87cce8 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> > @@ -2280,7 +2280,10 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  	 * counters from the GLOBAL_STATUS mask and we always process PEBS
> >  	 * events via drain_pebs().
> >  	 */
> > -	status &= ~(cpuc->pebs_enabled & PEBS_COUNTER_MASK);
> > +	if (x86_pmu.flags & PMU_FL_PEBS_ALL)
> > +		status &= ~(cpuc->pebs_enabled & EXTENDED_PEBS_COUNTER_MASK);
> > +	else
> > +		status &= ~(cpuc->pebs_enabled & PEBS_COUNTER_MASK);
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * PEBS overflow sets bit 62 in the global status register
> 
> Doesn't this re-introduce the problem fixed in commit fd583ad1563be,
> where pebs_enabled:32-34 are PEBS Load Latency, instead of fixed
> counters?

*GROAN* the MSR definitions now differ between Core and Atom :-(