linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] perf/x86/amd: Warn only on new bits set

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Message-ID: <20240806165848.3397232-1-leitao@debian.org>
Date: Tue,  6 Aug 2024 09:58:48 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.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>
Cc: leit@...a.com,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org (open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM)
Subject: [PATCH v3] perf/x86/amd: Warn only on new bits set

Warning at every leaking bits can cause a flood of message, triggering
various 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.

That said, this patch will help with the following issues:

1) It will tell us which bits are being set, so, it is easy to
   communicate it back to vendor, and to do a root-cause analyzes.

2) It avoid the machine to be unusable, because, worst case
   scenario, the user gets less than 60 WARNs (one per unhandled bit).

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
Changelog:
v3:
 * Avoid potential false reporting when concurrent execution occurs on
   different CPUs (Paul E. McKenney)

v2:
  * Improved the patch description, getting the benefits in words.
  * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240731154651.1555511-1-leitao@debian.org/

v1:
  * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240524141021.3889002-1-leitao@debian.org/


 arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
index 920e3a640cad..b4a1a2576510 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
@@ -943,11 +943,12 @@ 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, prev_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;
 
 	/*
@@ -1012,7 +1013,12 @@ 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) {
+		prev_bits = atomic64_fetch_or(status, &status_warned);
+		// A new bit was set for the very first time.
+		new_bits = status & ~prev_bits;
+		WARN(new_bits, "New overflows for inactive PMCs: %llx\n", new_bits);
+	}
 
 	/* Clear overflow and freeze bits */
 	amd_pmu_ack_global_status(~status);
-- 
2.43.5