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Message-ID: <20190614123715.GN3436@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:37:15 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/8] perf/x86: Rework msr probe interface
On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:20:46PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 02:09:50PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > hi,
> > following up on [1], [2] and [3], this patchset adds update
> > attribute groups to pmu, factors out the MSR probe code and
> > use it in msr,cstate* and rapl PMUs.
> >
> > The functionality stays the same with one exception:
> > for msr PMU: the event is not exported if the rdmsr return zero
> > on event's msr, cstate* and rapl pmu functionality stays.
> >
> > And also: ;-)
> > > Somewhere along the line you lost the explanation of _why_ we're doing
> > > this; namely: virt sucks.
> >
> > Also available in:
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
> > perf/msr
> >
> > Tested on snb and skylake servers.
> >
> > v2 changes:
> > - checking zero rdmsr only for msr PMU events,
> > cstate* and rapl pmu functionality stays unchanged
>
> ping
I was waiting a new post because you mentioned something about some
people not being happy with this, something about a wonky BIOS failing
this on native.
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