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Message-ID: <20240626085153.GA31592@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:51:53 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, sandipan.das@....com,
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"open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Warn only on new bits set
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 07:47:06AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 01:57:34PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 07:10:20AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > > Warning at every leaking bits can cause a flood of message, triggering
> > > vairous stall-warning mechanisms to fire, including CSD locks, which
> > > makes the machine to be unusable.
> > >
> > > Track the bits that are being leaked, and only warn when a new bit is
> > > set.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 9 +++++++--
> > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
> > > index 1fc4ce44e743..df0ba2382d13 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
> > > @@ -941,11 +941,12 @@ static int amd_pmu_v2_snapshot_branch_stack(struct perf_branch_entry *entries, u
> > > static int amd_pmu_v2_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > {
> > > struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
> > > + static atomic64_t status_warned = ATOMIC64_INIT(0);
> > > + u64 reserved, status, mask, new_bits;
> > > struct perf_sample_data data;
> > > struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
> > > struct perf_event *event;
> > > int handled = 0, idx;
> > > - u64 reserved, status, mask;
> > > bool pmu_enabled;
> > >
> > > /*
> > > @@ -1010,7 +1011,11 @@ static int amd_pmu_v2_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > * the corresponding PMCs are expected to be inactive according to the
> > > * active_mask
> > > */
> > > - WARN_ON(status > 0);
> > > + if (status > 0) {
> > > + new_bits = atomic64_fetch_or(status, &status_warned) ^ atomic64_read(&status_warned);
> > > + // A new bit was set for the very first time.
> > > + WARN(new_bits, "New overflows for inactive PMCs: %llx\n", new_bits);
> > > + }
> >
> > Why not just a WARN_ON_ONCE() instead? This really shouldn't be
> > happening in the first place.
>
> We did consider that, but seeing the full set of bits that shouldn't
> have been happening in the first place helps with debuggging.
>
> But is there a better way to accumulate and print the full set of
> unexpected bits?
Dunno, I was just wondering if the whole thing wasn't massive overkill.
The changelog wasn't really explaining much here.
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