linux-kernel - [tip: perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Move BTS index to 47

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Date:   Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:52:09 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Kan Liang" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Move BTS index to 47

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     d39fcc32893dac2d02900d99c38276a00cc54d60
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/d39fcc32893dac2d02900d99c38276a00cc54d60
Author:        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:11:07 -07:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:34:35 +02:00

perf/x86/intel: Move BTS index to 47

The bit 48 in the PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS is used to indicate the overflow
status of the PERF_METRICS counters.

Move the BTS index to the bit 47.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200723171117.9918-5-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index fe8110a..58419e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ struct x86_pmu_capability {
 /*
  * We model BTS tracing as another fixed-mode PMC.
  *
- * We choose a value in the middle of the fixed event range, since lower
+ * We choose the value 47 for the fixed index of BTS, since lower
  * values are used by actual fixed events and higher values are used
  * to indicate other overflow conditions in the PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS msr.
  */
-#define INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS			(INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 16)
+#define INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS			(INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 15)
 
 #define GLOBAL_STATUS_COND_CHG			BIT_ULL(63)
 #define GLOBAL_STATUS_BUFFER_OVF_BIT		62