linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] perf/x86/amd/core: Detect PerfMonV2 support

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Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 18:38:19 +0530
From:   Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
To:     Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        acme@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
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        santosh.shukla@....com,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] perf/x86/amd/core: Detect PerfMonV2 support


On 5/9/2022 6:31 PM, Like Xu wrote:
> On 27/4/2022 7:31 pm, Sandipan Das wrote:
> 
>>       x86_pmu.num_counters    = AMD64_NUM_COUNTERS_CORE;
> 
> Thus boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_CORE) is true.
> 
>> +
>> +    /* Check for Performance Monitoring v2 support */
>> +    if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PERFMON_V2)) {
>> +        /* Update PMU version for later usage */
>> +        x86_pmu.version = 2;
> 
> Is it safe to assume that once AMD CPU has the PERFMON_V2 (or further) bit,
> 
> it must also have the PERFCTR_CORE bit set ?
> 

Yes, always. There won't be a case where PERFCTR_CORE is absent
but PERFMON_V2 is present.

- Sandipan