linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Do not WARN on every IRQ

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Message-ID: <ZQL64dX+5lfK4rOh@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:21:53 -0700
From:   Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To:     Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jirka Hladky <jhladky@...hat.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@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, leit@...com,
        dcostantino@...a.com,
        "open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" 
        <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Do not WARN on every IRQ

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 04:52:13PM +0530, Sandipan Das wrote:
> On 9/14/2023 4:48 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 02:30:43AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 11:12:34AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 02:25:40PM +0530, Sandipan Das wrote:
> >>
> >>>> I agree with using WARN_ON_ONCE() to make this less intrusive.
> >>>
> >>> Could you send a patch that AMD is happy with?
> >>
> >> Why the current patch is not good enough?
> > 
> > Sandipan, can you answer this? I don't tihnk I'm qualified to speak for
> > the AMD pmu and certainly I don't have insight into their design future.
> 
> Hi Breno,
> 
> Functionally, the patch looks good to me and I will be reusing it
> without any change to the authorship. However, as Peter suggested, I
> wanted to add a message to prompt users to update the microcode and
> also call out the required patch levels in the commit message since
> different Zen 4 variants and steppings use different microcode.
> 
> Here's what I plan to send.

Awesome. Thanks for addressing it.