From: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
To: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@nvidia.com>,
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Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/arm_pmu: Skip PMCCNTR_EL0 on NVIDIA Olympus
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:40:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202604180247.SBxRBqqS-lkp@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260406232034.2566133-1-bwicaksono@nvidia.com>
Hi Besar,
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
[auto build test ERROR on soc/for-next]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v7.0 next-20260416]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Besar-Wicaksono/perf-arm_pmu-Skip-PMCCNTR_EL0-on-NVIDIA-Olympus/20260417-021859
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc.git for-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260406232034.2566133-1-bwicaksono%40nvidia.com
patch subject: [PATCH] perf/arm_pmu: Skip PMCCNTR_EL0 on NVIDIA Olympus
config: arm-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260418/202604180247.SBxRBqqS-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260418/202604180247.SBxRBqqS-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202604180247.SBxRBqqS-lkp@intel.com/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:145:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_RD'
145 | [C(L1D)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:123:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
123 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR 0x0041
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:146:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR'
146 | [C(L1D)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:123:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[0][1][0]')
123 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR 0x0041
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:146:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR'
146 | [C(L1D)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:125:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
125 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR 0x0043
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:147:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR'
147 | [C(L1D)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:125:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[0][1][1]')
125 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR 0x0043
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:147:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR'
147 | [C(L1D)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:134:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
134 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD 0x004E
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:149:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD'
149 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:134:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[3][0][0]')
134 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD 0x004E
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:149:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD'
149 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:135:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
135 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR 0x004F
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:150:52: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR'
150 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:135:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[3][1][0]')
135 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR 0x004F
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:150:52: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR'
150 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:132:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
132 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD 0x004C
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:151:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD'
151 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:132:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[3][0][1]')
132 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD 0x004C
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:151:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD'
151 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:133:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
133 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR 0x004D
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:152:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR'
152 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:133:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[3][1][1]')
133 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR 0x004D
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:152:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR'
152 | [C(DTLB)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:149:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
149 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD 0x0060
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:154:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD'
154 | [C(NODE)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:149:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[6][0][0]')
149 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD 0x0060
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:154:51: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD'
154 | [C(NODE)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_RD,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:150:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
150 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR 0x0061
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:155:52: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR'
155 | [C(NODE)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/perf/arm_pmuv3.h:150:65: note: (near initialization for 'armv8_vulcan_perf_cache_map[6][1][0]')
150 | #define ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR 0x0061
| ^~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:155:52: note: in expansion of macro 'ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR'
155 | [C(NODE)][C(OP_WRITE)][C(RESULT_ACCESS)] = ARMV8_IMPDEF_PERFCTR_BUS_ACCESS_WR,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:984:26: error: array type has incomplete element type 'struct midr_range'
984 | static struct midr_range armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus[] = {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:1000:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS'; did you mean 'MODULE_VERSION'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
1000 | MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| MODULE_VERSION
>> drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:1000:27: error: 'MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS' undeclared here (not in a function)
1000 | MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS),
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c: In function 'armv8pmu_can_use_pmccntr':
>> drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:1042:13: error: implicit declaration of function 'is_midr_in_range_list' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
1042 | if (is_midr_in_range_list(armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c: At top level:
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c:984:26: warning: 'armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
984 | static struct midr_range armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus[] = {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
vim +984 drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c
980
981 /*
982 * List of CPUs that should avoid using PMCCNTR_EL0.
983 */
> 984 static struct midr_range armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus[] = {
985 /*
986 * The PMCCNTR_EL0 in Olympus CPU may still increment while in WFI/WFE state.
987 * This is an implementation specific behavior and not an erratum.
988 *
989 * From ARM DDI0487 D14.4:
990 * It is IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFIC whether CPU_CYCLES and PMCCNTR count
991 * when the PE is in WFI or WFE state, even if the clocks are not stopped.
992 *
993 * From ARM DDI0487 D24.5.2:
994 * All counters are subject to any changes in clock frequency, including
995 * clock stopping caused by the WFI and WFE instructions.
996 * This means that it is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE whether or not
997 * PMCCNTR_EL0 continues to increment when clocks are stopped by WFI and
998 * WFE instructions.
999 */
> 1000 MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS),
1001 {}
1002 };
1003
1004 static bool armv8pmu_can_use_pmccntr(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
1005 struct perf_event *event)
1006 {
1007 struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu = to_arm_pmu(event->pmu);
1008 struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
1009 unsigned long evtype = hwc->config_base & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
1010
1011 if (evtype != ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES)
1012 return false;
1013
1014 /*
1015 * A CPU_CYCLES event with threshold counting cannot use PMCCNTR_EL0
1016 * since it lacks threshold support.
1017 */
1018 if (armv8pmu_event_get_threshold(&event->attr))
1019 return false;
1020
1021 /*
1022 * PMCCNTR_EL0 is not affected by BRBE controls like BRBCR_ELx.FZP.
1023 * So don't use it for branch events.
1024 */
1025 if (has_branch_stack(event))
1026 return false;
1027
1028 /*
1029 * The PMCCNTR_EL0 increments from the processor clock rather than
1030 * the PE clock (ARM DDI0487 L.b D13.1.3) which means it'll continue
1031 * counting on a WFI PE if one of its SMT sibling is not idle on a
1032 * multi-threaded implementation. So don't use it on SMT cores.
1033 */
1034 if (cpu_pmu->has_smt)
1035 return false;
1036
1037 /*
1038 * On some CPUs, PMCCNTR_EL0 does not match the behavior of CPU_CYCLES
1039 * programmable counter, so avoid routing cycles through PMCCNTR_EL0 to
1040 * prevent inconsistency in the results.
1041 */
> 1042 if (is_midr_in_range_list(armv8pmu_avoid_pmccntr_cpus))
1043 return false;
1044
1045 return true;
1046 }
1047
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