[PATCH v2 20/32] perf/x86/intel/cqm: handle inherit event and inherit_stat flag

David Carrillo-Cisneros
2016-05-11T23:03:11Z

Since inherited events are part of the same cqm cache group, they share the
RMID and therefore they cannot provide the granularity required by
inherit_stats. Changing this would in the current approach would require to
create a subtree of monrs for each parent event, with its inherited events
as descendats, a potential improvement for future patches.

Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c
index b241268..5314a33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c
@@ -2470,6 +2470,7 @@ static int intel_cqm_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
event->attr.exclude_idle ||
event->attr.exclude_host ||
event->attr.exclude_guest ||
+ event->attr.inherit_stat || /* cqm groups share rmid */
event->attr.sample_period) /* no sampling */
return -EINVAL;

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