[tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86: Fix overlap counter scheduling bug

tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-12-22T16:53:08Z

Commit-ID: 1134c2b5cb840409ffd966d8c2a9468f64e6a494
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1134c2b5cb840409ffd966d8c2a9468f64e6a494
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 16:51:53 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:45:43 +0100

perf/x86: Fix overlap counter scheduling bug

Jiri reported the overlap scheduling exceeding its max stack.

Looking at the constraint that triggered this, it turns out the
overlap marker isn't needed.

The comment with EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP states: "This is the case if
the counter mask of such an event is not a subset of any other counter
mask of a constraint with an equal or higher weight".

Esp. that latter part is of interest here I think, our overlapping mask
is 0x0e, that has 3 bits set and is the highest weight mask in on the
PMU, therefore it will be placed last. Can we still create a scenario
where we would need to rewind that?

The scenario for AMD Fam15h is we're having masks like:

0x3F -- 111111
0x38 -- 111000
0x07 -- 000111

0x09 -- 001001

And we mark 0x09 as overlapping, because it is not a direct subset of
0x38 or 0x07 and has less weight than either of those. This means we'll
first try and place the 0x09 event, then try and place 0x38/0x07 events.
Now imagine we have:

3 * 0x07 + 0x09

and the initial pick for the 0x09 event is counter 0, then we'll fail to
place all 0x07 events. So we'll pop back, try counter 4 for the 0x09
event, and then re-try all 0x07 events, which will now work.

The masks on the PMU in question are:

0x01 - 0001
0x03 - 0011
0x0e - 1110
0x0c - 1100

But since all the masks that have overlap (0xe -> {0xc,0x3}) and (0x3 ->
0x1) are of heavier weight, it should all work out.

Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Liang Kan <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161109155153.GQ3142@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
index 2724277..e6832be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static struct event_constraint snbep_uncore_cbox_constraints[] = {
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x1c, 0xc),
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x1d, 0xc),
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x1e, 0xc),
- EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP(0x1f, 0xe, 0xff),
+ UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x1f, 0xe),
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x21, 0x3),
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x23, 0x3),
UNCORE_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x31, 0x3),