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Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 15:11:49 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
Cc: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>, bp@...en8.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] perf/x86/amd/core: Detect PerfMonV2 support
On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 06:38:19PM +0530, Sandipan Das wrote:
>
> 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.
Let me introduce you to this dodgy virt stuff :-) Best put a sanity
check on it.
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