From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org,
robert.richter@amd.com, fweisbec@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 08/11] perf, x86: Implement simple LBR support
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1267734205.16716.4.camel@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1267726733.25158.219.camel@laptop>
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 19:18 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> What is currently implemented is that we loose history at the point a
> new task schedules in an LBR using event.
>
This also matches CPU errata AX14, AJ52 and AAK109 which states that a
task switch may produce faulty LBR state, so clearing history after a
task switch seems the best thing to do.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-04 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-03 16:39 [RFC][PATCH 00/11] Another stab at PEBS and LBR support Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/11] perf, x86: Remove superfluous arguments to x86_perf_event_set_period() Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 02/11] perf, x86: Remove superfluous arguments to x86_perf_event_update() Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 03/11] perf, x86: Change x86_pmu.{enable,disable} calling convention Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 04/11] perf, x86: Use unlocked bitops Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 05/11] perf: Generic perf_sample_data initialization Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 16:49 ` David Miller
2010-03-03 21:14 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-05 8:44 ` Jean Pihet
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 06/11] perf, x86: PEBS infrastructure Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:38 ` Robert Richter
2010-03-03 17:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 8:50 ` Robert Richter
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 07/11] perf: Provide PERF_SAMPLE_REGS Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:30 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 17:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 17:49 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 17:55 ` David Miller
2010-03-03 18:18 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 19:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 2:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-03-04 12:58 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2010-03-03 22:02 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 11:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 08/11] perf, x86: Implement simple LBR support Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:52 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:57 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 17:54 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 18:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-04 20:23 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2010-03-04 20:57 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 09/11] perf, x86: Implement PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:08 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/11] perf, x86: use LBR for PEBS IP+1 fixup Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 18:05 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-03-03 19:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-03 21:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-03-03 21:50 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-04 8:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-09 1:41 ` Stephane Eranian
2010-03-03 16:39 ` [RFC][PATCH 11/11] perf, x86: Clean up IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES usage Peter Zijlstra
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