Re: [PATCH] x86: fix duplicate calls of the nmi handler

[Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>]

On 13.09.10 16:37:13, Robert Richter wrote:
> Ingo, Peter,
> 
> I finally found a system here, will start debugging

I found the reason why we get the unknown nmi. For some reason
cpuc->active_mask in x86_pmu_handle_irq() is zero. Thus, no counters
are handled when we get an nmi. It seems there is somewhere a race
accessing the active_mask. So far I don't have a fix available.
Changing x86_pmu_stop() did not help:

static void x86_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
{
        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;

        if (test_bit(hwc->idx, cpuc->active_mask)) {
                x86_pmu.disable(event);
                __clear_bit(hwc->idx, cpuc->active_mask);
                cpuc->events[hwc->idx] = NULL;
                WARN_ON_ONCE(hwc->state & PERF_HES_STOPPED);
                hwc->state |= PERF_HES_STOPPED;
        }
	...
}

-Robert

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