[PATCH] powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

[PATCH] powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

[Madhavan Srinivasan]

 Commit: 7a7868326d77 introduced PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag to
 remove assumption of MMCRA[SLOT] with respect to
 PPMU_ALT_SIPR flag. Commit 7a7868326d77's message also
 specifies that Power8 does not support MMCRA[SLOT].
 But still PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag managed to get into
 Power8 code. Patch to remove the same from Power8 flags.

Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index 7d5e295255b7..9958ba8bf0d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static struct power_pmu power8_pmu = {
 	.get_constraint		= power8_get_constraint,
 	.get_alternatives	= power8_get_alternatives,
 	.disable_pmc		= power8_disable_pmc,
-	.flags			= PPMU_HAS_SSLOT | PPMU_HAS_SIER | PPMU_ARCH_207S,
+	.flags			= PPMU_HAS_SIER | PPMU_ARCH_207S,
 	.n_generic		= ARRAY_SIZE(power8_generic_events),
 	.generic_events		= power8_generic_events,
 	.cache_events		= &power8_cache_events,
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 01/25/2016 02:03 PM, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
>  Commit: 7a7868326d77 introduced PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag to
>  remove assumption of MMCRA[SLOT] with respect to
>  PPMU_ALT_SIPR flag. Commit 7a7868326d77's message also
>  specifies that Power8 does not support MMCRA[SLOT].
>  But still PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag managed to get into
>  Power8 code. Patch to remove the same from Power8 flags.

Please follow the present protocol of referring to a commit
ID like this (<hash_code>: ""). Also this PMU flag was added
originally through the base POWER8 PMU enablement commit
(e05b9b9e5c1: "powerpc/perf: Power8 PMU support") which can
be mentioned in the "Fixes:" part.

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

[Michael Ellerman]

On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 14:03 +0530, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:

>  Commit: 7a7868326d77 introduced PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag to
>  remove assumption of MMCRA[SLOT] with respect to
>  PPMU_ALT_SIPR flag. Commit 7a7868326d77's message also
>  specifies that Power8 does not support MMCRA[SLOT].
>  But still PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag managed to get into
>  Power8 code. Patch to remove the same from Power8 flags.
>
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks.

I cleaned up and expanded the change log:

  powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

  Commit 7a7868326d77 ("powerpc/perf: Add an explict flag indicating
  presence of SLOT field") introduced the PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag to remove
  the assumption that MMCRA[SLOT] was present when PPMU_ALT_SIPR was not
  set.

  That commit's changelog also mentions that Power8 does not support
  MMCRA[SLOT]. However when the Power8 PMU support was merged, it
  errnoeously included the PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag.

  So remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT from the Power8 flags.

  mpe: On systems where MMCRA[SLOT] exists, the field occupies bits 37:39
  (IBM numbering). On Power8 bit 37 is reserved, and 38:39 overlap with
  the high bits of the Threshold Event Counter Mantissa. I am not aware of
  any published events which use the thereshold counting mechanism, which
  would cause the mantissa bits to be set. So in practice this bug is
  unlikely to trigger in practice.

  Fixes: e05b9b9e5c10 ("powerpc/perf: Power8 PMU support")
  Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>


cheers

Re: powerpc/perf: Remove PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag for Power8

[Michael Ellerman]

On Mon, 2016-25-01 at 08:33:46 UTC, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> Commit: 7a7868326d77 introduced PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag to
>  remove assumption of MMCRA[SLOT] with respect to
>  PPMU_ALT_SIPR flag. Commit 7a7868326d77's message also
>  specifies that Power8 does not support MMCRA[SLOT].
>  But still PPMU_HAS_SSLOT flag managed to get into
>  Power8 code. Patch to remove the same from Power8 flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/370f06c88528b3988fe24a372c

cheers