Re: [PATCH -tip, final] perf, x86: Add hw_watchdog_set_attr() in a sake of nmi-watchdog on P4

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:20:17PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > 
> > So why don't we simply set this for all PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES 
> > events in the P4 PMU driver? That would remove half of the patch 
> > AFAICS.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 	Ingo
> 
> Unfortunately it doesn't solve the main issue -- nmi-watchdog events
> and cpu clock events should be a separate events with non-intersected
> ESCRs, otherwise nmi-watchdog and cpu-cycles can't operate simultaneously
> like other PMUs does.
> 
> non-sleeping ticks use
> 
> 	[P4_EVENT_EXECUTION_EVENT] = {
> 		.escr_msr	= { MSR_P4_CRU_ESCR2, MSR_P4_CRU_ESCR3 },
> 		.cntr		= { {12, 13, 16}, {14, 15, 17}
> 	},
> 
> while cpu-cycles
> 
> 	[P4_EVENT_GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS] = {
> 		.escr_msr	= { MSR_P4_FSB_ESCR0, MSR_P4_FSB_ESCR1 },
> 		.cntr		= { {0, -1, -1}, {2, -1, -1} },
> 	},

are 'non-sleeping ticks' non-halted cycles - i.e. cycles that always 
count with CPU frequency and can thus be used for periodic 
frequencies?

Thanks,

	Ingo