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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andi@firstfloor.org, mingo@elte.hu,
	ming.m.lin@intel.com, "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:37:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339601872.8980.52.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FD89D09.6010800@zytor.com>

On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 07:00 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/13/2012 01:38 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 13:58 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >>  even things like Nehalem + Westmere in the same system
> > 
> > Uhm,.. how well do you expect Linux to run on a franken-system like
> > that? I'm pretty sure perf will malfunction in such a setup.
> > 
> 
> perf might, but I have seen such frankensystems in the field and they
> work (although I haven't seen that particular combo, I have to admit.)

Thing is, if we boot on the wsm, perf could fault the system with
nonexistent MSR accesses, if we boot on the nhm worst is wrong numbers I
think.

I'm not really inclined to 'fix' this.. the best I'm willing to accept
is a patch that would detect this situation and simply disable all
hardware perf support for the platform.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-13 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-07  7:15 [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:35   ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:45     ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:48       ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 11:15         ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08  9:35           ` Ingo Molnar
2012-06-08 10:00             ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 10:03               ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 13:26               ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 13:51                 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:54                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:15                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:20                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:36                         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:45                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 15:09                             ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:56                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:59                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03                     ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:17                       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 16:02                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 21:02                   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-08 21:16                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:07                 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:13                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:19                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:23                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26                     ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:25                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26                     ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12  8:14                     ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 16:28                 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 18:49                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 16:50                 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-08 18:05                 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 18:52                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 20:38                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:07                 ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:09                   ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12 17:13                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:17                       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:18                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:23                           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:26                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:35                               ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:40                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 18:04                                   ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:10                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13  1:04                                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13  6:51                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 12:36                                     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 16:11                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 21:41                                         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-15 12:37                                         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 12:42                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 12:52                                             ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 16:52                                               ` [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 17:16                                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 17:49                                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19  2:46                                                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19  3:31                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-19  5:11                                                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19  8:17                                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 10:22                                                         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 10:26                                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 15:06                                                             ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 15:57                                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-19 18:22                                                             ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 20:22                                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-20 23:46                                                                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-20 23:49                                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21  0:06                                                                     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-21  0:18                                                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21  2:33                                                                         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19  5:03                                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 18:57                                                     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 22:19                                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19  2:42                                           ` [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-12 17:23                       ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:15                     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-07 13:28   ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-07 13:27 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 18:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 19:07   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 19:33     ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 19:35       ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 19:49       ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:28         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:37           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:42             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:56               ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:58                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 21:04                   ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13  8:38                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 14:00                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:37                       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2012-06-13 15:46                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 12:39               ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:22                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 14:01                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13  8:32         ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:59           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:32             ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 15:38               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:27       ` H. Peter Anvin

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