Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] perf/x86/amd: add AMD Fam19h Branch Sampling support

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 12:44:05AM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> @@ -989,6 +1165,23 @@ static int __init amd_core_pmu_init(void)
>  		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_PAIR;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 0x19) {
> +		/*
> +		 * On AMD, invoking pmu_disable_all() is very expensive and the function is
> +		 * invoked on context-switch in via sched_task_in(), so enable only when necessary
> +		 */

Well, it only gets called when brs is in use, so afaict the above
comment is a bit misleading. Still no point in installing that function
when there it no point for it.

> +		if (!amd_brs_init()) {
> +			x86_pmu.get_event_constraints = amd_get_event_constraints_f19h;
> +			x86_pmu.sched_task = amd_pmu_sched_task;
> +			/*
> +			 * The put_event_constraints callback is shared with
> +			 * Fam17h, set above
> +			 */
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	x86_pmu.attr_update = amd_attr_update;
> +
>  	pr_cont("core perfctr, ");
>  	return 0;
>  }