From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_NEOMUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6470CC43381 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 08:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 320002084B for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 08:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="Vf1zlTr4" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 320002084B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=ppM7THWoJYA+hWjhujIuQddvh+7w9iC6JmH9Fnbg2/k=; b=Vf1zlTr4O8OzhB WjrIY7DTzDiH8eWy3JJtNF190ZN1dPtO/jrAGuCv+4ksFQ3JPCZCfUXGPCKAokrhyKbm+U6AJ6gYP JecZAlDG2g70mH7gBPFYMOci56y4T+P8P9arhKab7zFJR5AJSsxMCXbStsDPL8MSNuEz/mkjeMYf8 1C1yZWpoJLoIVV7TkHzY/vbqJCyqy34GpxR99QZkGx8xDTKksFQudCwgKBeRSGWORERN5JsF86zGN EdilkO/tFRMja1M1/0EX+x9dqoSV+FeeIW7SBqS2xo/tQtfxvbk04h20VfDm73XCskFXshM+kB4SK y0HoH6PHizLAUwLyVX0A==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1hAs93-0005PV-LE; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:18:17 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70] helo=foss.arm.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1hAs90-0005P3-UQ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:18:16 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39AF7374; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 01:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blommer (usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com [217.140.101.70]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E9C43F690; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 01:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 09:17:58 +0100 From: Mark Rutland To: Sodagudi Prasad Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Change PMCR write to read-modify-write Message-ID: <20190401081757.lbfsuoocltq4lysj@blommer> References: <1553134066-20272-1-git-send-email-psodagud@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20190401_011814_990137_8AC8407D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 21.75 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Julien Thierry , peterz@infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will.deacon@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 01:02:27PM -0700, Sodagudi Prasad wrote: > On 2019-03-21 06:34, Julien Thierry wrote: > > Hi Prasad, > > > > On 21/03/2019 02:07, Prasad Sodagudi wrote: > > > Preserves the bitfields of PMCR_EL0(AArch64) during PMU reset. > > > Reset routine should write a 1 to PMCR.C and PMCR.P fields only > > > to reset the counters. Other fields should not be changed > > > as they could be set before PMU initialization and their > > > value must be preserved even after reset. > > > > Are there any particular bit you are concerned about? Apart from the RO > > ones and the Res0 ones (to which we are already writing 0), I see: > > > > DP -> irrelevant for non-secure > > X -> This one is the only potentially interesting, however it resets to > > an architecturally unknown value, so unless we know for a fact it was > > set before hand, we probably want to clear it > > D -> ignored when we have LC set (and we do) > > E -> Since this is the function we use to reset the PMU on the current > > CPU, we probably want to set this bit to 0 regardless of its previous > > value > > > > So, is there any issue this patch is solving? > > Hi Julien, > > Thanks for taking a look into this patch. Yes. On our Qualcomm platforms, > observed that X bit is getting cleared by kernel. > This bit is getting set by firmware for Qualcomm use cases and non-secure > world is resetting without this patch. Given the kernel reconfigures the PMU dynamically at runtime (e.g. to multiplex events over counters), I don't follow how this is useful. Could you elaborate on how specifically you intend to use this? > I think, changing that register this register modifications to > read-modify-write style make sense. I disagree. In general, RESx bits may be allocated new meanings in future (and will reset to UNKNOWN values), so it is not safe to simply preserve the reset value. Given that, any kernel _must_ explicitly reset registers in order to ensure the expected behaviour. Thanks Mark. _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel