From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
oprofile-list <oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] oprofile, x86: Reimplement nmi timer mode using perf
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:59:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1318935581.21167.13.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1318861624-715-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com>
On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 16:27 +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> The legacy x86 nmi watchdog code was removed with the implementation
> of the perf based nmi watchdog. This broke Oprofile's nmi timer
> mode. To run nmi timer mode we relied on a continuous ticking nmi
> source which the nmi watchdog provided. The nmi tick was no longer
> available and current watchdog can not be used anymore since it runs
> with very long periods in the range of seconds. This patch
> reimplements the nmi timer mode using a perf counter nmi source.
fair enough,
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
I take it you'll take this through your oprofile tree?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-18 11:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-17 14:26 [PATCH 0/5] oprofile: Updates and fixes for timer modes Robert Richter
2011-10-17 14:27 ` [PATCH 1/5] oprofile, x86: Add kernel parameter Robert Richter
2011-10-17 14:27 ` [PATCH 2/5] oprofile: Fix crash when unloading module (hr timer Robert Richter
2011-10-18 6:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-10-17 14:27 ` [PATCH 3/5] oprofile, x86: Fix crash when unloading module (nmi Robert Richter
2011-10-17 14:27 ` [PATCH 4/5] oprofile: Remove exit function for timer mode Robert Richter
2011-10-18 6:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-10-19 16:33 ` Robert Richter
2011-10-17 14:27 ` [PATCH 5/5] oprofile, x86: Reimplement nmi timer mode using perf Robert Richter
2011-10-18 10:59 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2011-10-19 16:52 ` Robert Richter
2011-10-19 18:07 ` [PATCH 4/5] oprofile: Remove exit function for timer mode Robert Richter
2011-10-17 15:22 ` [PATCH 0/5] oprofile: Updates and fixes for timer modes Robert Richter
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