linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] perf/x86/lbr: Move cpuc->lbr

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:21:09 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] perf/x86/lbr: Move cpuc->lbr_xsave allocation
 out of sleeping region

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 04:48:36PM +0800, Like Xu wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On 2021/4/21 16:38, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:18:25AM +0800, Like Xu wrote:
> > > -int x86_reserve_hardware(void)
> > > +int x86_reserve_hardware(struct perf_event *event)
> > >   {
> > >   	int err = 0;
> > > @@ -398,8 +398,10 @@ int x86_reserve_hardware(void)
> > >   		if (atomic_read(&pmc_refcount) == 0) {
> > >   			if (!reserve_pmc_hardware())
> > >   				err = -EBUSY;
> > > -			else
> > > +			else {
> > >   				reserve_ds_buffers();
> > > +				reserve_lbr_buffers(event);
> > > +			}
> > >   		}
> > >   		if (!err)
> > >   			atomic_inc(&pmc_refcount);
> > > @@ -650,7 +652,7 @@ static int __x86_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> > >   	if (!x86_pmu_initialized())
> > >   		return -ENODEV;
> > > -	err = x86_reserve_hardware();
> > > +	err = x86_reserve_hardware(event);
> > >   	if (err)
> > >   		return err;
> > 
> > This is still complete garbage..
> 
> Hhh,thanks for your comment!

The nice one was here:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210323214140.GE4746@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net

> So do we have a better idea to alloc cpuc->lbr_xsave
> to avoid this kind of call trace ?

You thinking this is actually hard scares me. Frob something in
intel_pmu_hw_config() or thereabouts.