[tip:perf/pebs] perf, x86: Clear the LBRs on init

tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2010-03-10T13:22:06Z

Commit-ID: 74846d35b24b6efd61bb88a0a750b6bb257e6e78
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/74846d35b24b6efd61bb88a0a750b6bb257e6e78
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:49:35 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:23:35 +0100

perf, x86: Clear the LBRs on init

Some CPUs have errata where the LBR is not cleared on Power-On. So always
clear the LBRs before use.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100305154128.966563424@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 224c952..c135ed7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -767,6 +767,20 @@ static __initconst struct x86_pmu core_pmu = {
.event_constraints = intel_core_event_constraints,
};

+static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
+{
+ init_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
+ /*
+ * Deal with CPUs that don't clear their LBRs on power-up.
+ */
+ intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
+}
+
+static void intel_pmu_cpu_dying(int cpu)
+{
+ fini_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
+}
+
static __initconst struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
.name = "Intel",
.handle_irq = intel_pmu_handle_irq,
@@ -788,8 +802,8 @@ static __initconst struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
.max_period = (1ULL << 31) - 1,
.get_event_constraints = intel_get_event_constraints,

- .cpu_starting = init_debug_store_on_cpu,
- .cpu_dying = fini_debug_store_on_cpu,
+ .cpu_starting = intel_pmu_cpu_starting,
+ .cpu_dying = intel_pmu_cpu_dying,
};

static void intel_clovertown_quirks(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index 4f3a124..dcec765 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_lbr_reset_64(void)

static void intel_pmu_lbr_reset(void)
{
+ if (!x86_pmu.lbr_nr)
+ return;
+
if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format == LBR_FORMAT_32)
intel_pmu_lbr_reset_32();
else