Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Export mem events only if there's PEBs support

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:12:32AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:06:24AM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > +static __init struct attribute **get_hsw_events_attrs(bool *alloc)
> >  {
> > +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM)) {
> > +		*alloc = true;
> > +		return merge_attr(hsw_events_attrs, hsw_tsx_events_attrs);
> > +	}
> > +	return hsw_events_attrs;
> >  }
> 
> 
> 
> > @@ -4357,6 +4374,15 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
> >  		WARN_ON(!x86_pmu.format_attrs);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	if (x86_pmu.pebs && mem_attr) {
> > +		struct attribute **attr = x86_pmu.cpu_events;
> > +
> > +		x86_pmu.cpu_events = merge_attr(x86_pmu.cpu_events, mem_attr);
> > +
> > +		if (alloc_events)
> > +			kfree(attr);
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	if (x86_pmu.num_counters > INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
> >  		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf events %d > max(%d), clipping!",
> >  		     x86_pmu.num_counters, INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
> 
> 
> static __init struct attribute **
> get_events_attrs(struct attribute **base,
> 		 struct attribute **mem,
> 		 struct attribute **tsx)
> {
> 	struct attribute **attrs = base;
> 	struct attribute **old;
> 
> 	if (mem) {
> 		old = attrs;
> 		attrs = merge_attrs(attrs, mem);
> 		if (old != base)
> 			kfree(old);
> 	}
> 
> 	if (tsx && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM)) {
> 		old = attrs;
> 		attrs = merge_attrs(attrs, tsx);
> 		if (old != base)
> 			kfree(old);
> 	}
> 
> 	return attrs;
> }
> 
> Would that not help to concentrate things a little more?

looks like it would ;-) will check and repost

thanks,
jirka