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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <mingo@elte.hu>,
	<ming.m.lin@intel.com>, <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix and improve x86 event scheduling
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:59:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111110165921.GC15738@erda.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPqkBS_4TBYUvw_bPbtgpAfp8+vnSRZBYQoSAOKjOYV4GHmXA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10.11.11 16:09:32, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > Just throwing this out there (hasn't event been compiled etc..).
> >
> > The idea is to try the fixed counters first so that we don't
> > 'accidentally' fill a GP counter with something that could have lived on
> > the fixed purpose one and then end up under utilizing the PMU that way.
> >
> > It ought to solve the most common PMU programming fail on Intel
> > thingies.

Peter, what exactly are that Intel constraints you try to solve? Could
you give a short example.

Thanks,

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-10 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-07 11:01 [PATCH] perf_events: fix and improve x86 event scheduling Stephane Eranian
2011-11-07 11:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-07 12:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-07 13:52   ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-07 14:56     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-10 14:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-10 15:09   ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-10 16:41     ` Gleb Natapov
2011-11-10 16:59       ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-10 17:13         ` Gleb Natapov
2011-11-10 16:59     ` Robert Richter [this message]
2011-11-10 18:31     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-10 18:03 ` Robert Richter
2011-11-10 18:41   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-10 18:52   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-11 14:29     ` Robert Richter
2011-11-14 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 0/2] perf, x86: handle overlapping counters Robert Richter
2011-11-14 17:51         ` [PATCH v3 1/2] perf, x86: Implement event scheduler helper functions Robert Richter
2011-11-16 16:02           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-16 19:23             ` Robert Richter
2011-11-14 17:51         ` [PATCH v3 2/2] perf, x86: Fix event scheduler for constraints with overlapping counters Robert Richter
2011-11-14 12:55   ` [PATCH] perf_events: fix and improve x86 event scheduling Stephane Eranian
2011-11-14 14:12     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-14 14:26       ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-14 16:00         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-14 17:39           ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-14 21:43             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-16 10:28               ` Stephane Eranian
2011-11-14 22:16             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-11-16 10:06               ` Stephane Eranian

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