linux-kernel - [patch 01/18] x86/apic: Invoke perf_events_lapic

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Message-Id: <20190703105915.585281835@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:54:32 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Subject: [patch 01/18] x86/apic: Invoke perf_events_lapic_init() after
 enabling APIC

If the APIC is soft disabled then unmasking an LVT entry does not work and
the write is ignored. perf_events_lapic_init() tries to do so.

Move the invocation after the point where the APIC has been enabled.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,6 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
 	int logical_apicid, ldr_apicid;
 #endif
 
-
 	if (disable_apic) {
 		disable_ioapic_support();
 		return;
@@ -1532,8 +1531,6 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
 		apic_write(APIC_ESR, 0);
 	}
 #endif
-	perf_events_lapic_init();
-
 	/*
 	 * Double-check whether this APIC is really registered.
 	 * This is meaningless in clustered apic mode, so we skip it.
@@ -1614,6 +1611,8 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
 	value |= SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR;
 	apic_write(APIC_SPIV, value);
 
+	perf_events_lapic_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * Set up LVT0, LVT1:
 	 *