From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf, ibs: Check syscall attribute flags
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:20:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <504A2CD3.9060204@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <504A2ADC.4050703@gmail.com>
On 9/7/12 11:11 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 9/7/12 11:07 AM, Robert Richter wrote:
>>> Am I reading this right - if exclude_guest is set then perf_ibs_init
>>> returns -EINVAL?
>>
>> Yes, the hardware does not support this. I will look for a solution
>> which emulates this is software.
>
> ugh, that's exactly we need for Intel: if precise is set, exclude_guest
> must be set.
>
> In perf I would like to set exclude_guest if precise is set -- what I
> mentioned yesterday for the patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/20/437.
> With my patch -e cycles:p on AMD will then fail EINVAL.
I see now... intel returns ENOTSUP if exclude_guest is not set, amd
returns EINVAL if it is set.
For the AMD case the fallback_missing_features code kicks in for
perf-top and perf-record; I just need to fix up the pr_debug for that case.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-07 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-20 23:25 [PATCH 00/11] perf tool: assorted cleanups and bug fixes David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 01/11] perf tool: add machine id to modules debug message David Ahern
2012-07-25 19:16 ` [tip:perf/core] perf symbols: Add " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 02/11] perf kvm: set name for VM process in guest machine David Ahern
2012-07-25 12:12 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-07-25 19:17 ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Set " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 03/11] perf kvm: guest userspace samples should not be lumped with host uspace David Ahern
2012-07-25 12:13 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-07-25 19:18 ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Guest " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 04/11] perf kvm: fix bug resolving guest kernel syms - v2 David Ahern
2012-07-25 12:11 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-07-25 19:19 ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Fix bug resolving guest kernel syms tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 05/11] perf kvm: use strtol for walking guestmount directory David Ahern
2012-07-23 18:09 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 06/11] perf kvm: limit repetitive guestmount message to once per directory David Ahern
2012-07-23 18:11 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-25 19:20 ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Limit " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 07/11] perf tools: dump exclude_{guest,host}, precise_ip header info too David Ahern
2012-07-25 19:20 ` [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Dump " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 08/11] perf tool: precise mode requires exclude_guest David Ahern
2012-07-23 18:13 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-24 14:20 ` David Ahern
2012-07-24 16:15 ` Robert Richter
2012-07-24 17:28 ` David Ahern
2012-07-24 18:03 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-26 5:16 ` David Ahern
2012-07-26 8:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-08-03 13:51 ` Robert Richter
2012-08-15 15:22 ` David Ahern
2012-09-05 15:43 ` David Ahern
2012-09-05 22:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-09-06 17:44 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-06 18:19 ` David Ahern
2012-07-25 20:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-07-26 5:50 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-07-26 8:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-07-26 8:10 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-07-26 9:07 ` Robert Richter
2012-08-02 16:06 ` David Ahern
2012-09-06 19:02 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-06 19:17 ` David Ahern
2012-09-06 19:56 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-07 16:41 ` [PATCH] perf, ibs: Check syscall attribute flags Robert Richter
2012-09-07 16:50 ` David Ahern
2012-09-07 17:07 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-07 17:11 ` David Ahern
2012-09-07 17:20 ` David Ahern [this message]
2012-09-10 13:07 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-10 15:37 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-09-07 17:25 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-07 16:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-09-07 17:18 ` Robert Richter
2012-09-07 19:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-09-10 9:30 ` [PATCH -v2] " Robert Richter
2012-09-14 6:17 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86/ibs: " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 09/11] perf top: error handling for counter creation should parallel perf-record David Ahern
2012-07-23 18:15 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-24 14:01 ` David Ahern
2012-07-24 14:39 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 10/11] perf tool: give user better message if precise is not supported David Ahern
2012-07-21 10:40 ` Namhyung Kim
2012-07-22 2:28 ` David Ahern
2012-07-20 23:25 ` [PATCH 11/11] perf kvm top: limit guest kernel info message to once David Ahern
2012-07-23 18:17 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-07-24 14:02 ` David Ahern
2012-07-24 14:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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