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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 18:09:35 +0100
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] perf: arm_pmuv3: Avoid assigning fixed cycle
counter with threshold
On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 04:32:25PM -0600, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> If the user has requested a counting threshold for the CPU cycles event,
> then the fixed cycle counter can't be assigned as it lacks threshold
> support. Currently, the thresholds will work or not randomly depending
> on which counter the event is assigned.
>
> While using thresholds for CPU cycles doesn't make much sense, it can be
> useful for testing purposes.
>
> Fixes: 816c26754447 ("arm64: perf: Add support for event counting threshold")
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Mark.
> ---
> This should go to 6.10 and stable. It is also a dependency for ICNTR
> support.
>
> v2:
> - Add and use armv8pmu_event_get_threshold() helper.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240611155012.2286044-1-robh@kernel.org/
> ---
> drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c
> index 23fa6c5da82c..8ed5c3358920 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c
> @@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ static bool armv8pmu_event_want_user_access(struct perf_event *event)
> return ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(&event->attr, rdpmc);
> }
>
> +static u32 armv8pmu_event_get_threshold(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
> +{
> + return ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(attr, threshold);
> +}
> +
> static u8 armv8pmu_event_threshold_control(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
> {
> u8 th_compare = ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(attr, threshold_compare);
> @@ -941,7 +946,8 @@ static int armv8pmu_get_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
> unsigned long evtype = hwc->config_base & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
>
> /* Always prefer to place a cycle counter into the cycle counter. */
> - if (evtype == ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES) {
> + if ((evtype == ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES) &&
> + !armv8pmu_event_get_threshold(&event->attr)) {
> if (!test_and_set_bit(ARMV8_IDX_CYCLE_COUNTER, cpuc->used_mask))
> return ARMV8_IDX_CYCLE_COUNTER;
> else if (armv8pmu_event_is_64bit(event) &&
> @@ -1033,7 +1039,7 @@ static int armv8pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
> * If FEAT_PMUv3_TH isn't implemented, then THWIDTH (threshold_max) will
> * be 0 and will also trigger this check, preventing it from being used.
> */
> - th = ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(attr, threshold);
> + th = armv8pmu_event_get_threshold(attr);
> if (th > threshold_max(cpu_pmu)) {
> pr_debug("PMU event threshold exceeds max value\n");
> return -EINVAL;
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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