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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 AC1F7C31E40 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:04:48 +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 7B25F20820 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="Mj5prAwG" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 7B25F20820 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=bootlin.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-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-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=MvQbDmJa4ToJZWnCpzpMktKTA+pp4j01g0dE9fA/sSo=; b=Mj5prAwGjonDe+rE5foaYwuXh mycEXY5Zmo8B5paYtO4K4ExqjLUbFInOjQ59yfocr8hPWSxsjyZOQVbCVk8UtehYvydI08vQPGOD2 dhOf6XENoEIgPNkRMzdpHw9YQrlYiJUhB69gxTPjdwre0OY9qeMzEO3/5Y4emWSrBkrRQ654ozG3/ Jh3Ou3vRskrqADByrlEmWRU21WRlWBdB/EzUmbshDfV1ZA0pWhmvtd6oxpVFEOagnS1HxC8p0N/wd oBpihBqiT6qpalNLKW/xZr1sRbRsasPWSL4mUeVyQtKbiq8z97v6xmLi1vtH8BgR/3SNmV29guv/o 4wjSU4EXA==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1hx5Jp-0000ZX-Dm; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:04:41 +0000 Received: from relay1-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.193]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1hx5Jm-0000ZE-0m for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:04:40 +0000 X-Originating-IP: 86.250.200.211 Received: from localhost (lfbn-1-17395-211.w86-250.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.250.200.211]) (Authenticated sender: maxime.ripard@bootlin.com) by relay1-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7A74A240006; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:04:20 +0200 From: Maxime Ripard To: Vasily Khoruzhick Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: Drop PMU node Message-ID: <20190812080420.saelmqb36vkelxn4@flea> References: <89402d22-d432-9551-e787-c8ede16dbe5f@arm.com> <36e60078-7dd5-9c07-ffa1-6092d8c70fa8@arm.com> <20190807115614.phm7sbyae6yajkug@flea> <20190808162628.pthvy3tgf3naj76s@flea> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20190812_010438_363823_5172160A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 27.60 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Mark Rutland , devicetree , "Jared D . McNeill" , Chen-Yu Tsai , Rob Herring , Harald Geyer , Robin Murphy , arm-linux Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5669798909973755720==" Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org --===============5669798909973755720== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jjtftgvl3v4z5fl7" Content-Disposition: inline --jjtftgvl3v4z5fl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 12:59:07PM -0700, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 9:26 AM Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:36:08AM -0700, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:56 AM Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 07:39:26PM -0700, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 2:14 PM Robin Murphy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2019-08-06 9:52 pm, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 1:19 PM Harald Geyer wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Vasily Khoruzhick writes: > > > > > > >>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:35 AM Robin Murphy wrote: > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> On 06/08/2019 15:01, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: > > > > > > >>>>> Looks like PMU in A64 is broken, it generates no interrupts at all and > > > > > > >>>>> as result 'perf top' shows no events. > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> Does something like 'perf stat sleep 1' at least count cycles correctly? > > > > > > >>>> It could well just be that the interrupt numbers are wrong... > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Looks like it does, at least result looks plausible: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> I'm using perf stat regularly (cache benchmarks) and it works fine. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Unfortunately I wasn't aware that perf stat is a poor test for > > > > > > >> the interrupts part of the node, when I added it. So I'm not too > > > > > > >> surprised I got it wrong. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> However, it would be unfortunate if the node got removed completely, > > > > > > >> because perf stat would not work anymore. Maybe we can only remove > > > > > > >> the interrupts or just fix them even if the HW doesn't work? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not familiar with PMU driver. Is it possible to get it working > > > > > > > without interrupts? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup - you get a grumpy message from the driver, it will refuse sampling > > > > > > events (the ones which weren't working anyway), and if you measure > > > > > > anything for long enough that a counter overflows you'll get wonky > > > > > > results. But for counting hardware events over relatively short periods > > > > > > it'll still do the job. > > > > > > > > > > I tried to drop interrupts completely from the node but 'perf top' is > > > > > still broken. Though now in different way: it complains "cycles: PMU > > > > > Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf > > > > > stat'" > > > > > > > > I have no idea if that's the culprit, but what is the state of the > > > > 0x09010000 register? > > > > > > What register is that and how do I check it? > > > > It's in the CPUX Configuration block, and the bits are labelled as CPU > > Debug Reset. > > > > And if you have busybox, you can use devmem. > > CPUX configuration block is at 0x01700000 according to A64 user > manual, and particular register you're interested in is at 0x01700080, > its value is 0x1110110F. > > Bits 16-19 are not defined in user manual and are not set. Sorry, I somehow thought this was for the H6... I don't have any idea then :/ Maxime -- Maxime Ripard, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com --jjtftgvl3v4z5fl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQRcEzekXsqa64kGDp7j7w1vZxhRxQUCXVEdhAAKCRDj7w1vZxhR xSyPAQCFME/zsUEVHgZg4ppjjkr35AZKmYuqCT3DqH/bapfBDAD+PK0I4XFjk7cN o4b5O3nwe0SmShTKrXjCEA0bEL8dfQ0= =gNZ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jjtftgvl3v4z5fl7-- --===============5669798909973755720== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel --===============5669798909973755720==--