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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-11-28 12:25:02 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-11-28 12:25:02 -0800 |
commit | a9e40a2493d805224f900d839b06188639b7ccd6 (patch) | |
tree | b33c9477a0728f6299a00a3e817aa26872019576 /arch | |
parent | 75f5d2c9bd36047364d1fb35c0720ab37df3be02 (diff) | |
parent | ee6dcfa40a50fe12a3ae0fb4d2653c66c3ed6556 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
perf: Fix the software context switch counter
perf, x86: Fixup Kconfig deps
x86, perf, nmi: Disable perf if counters are not accessible
perf: Fix inherit vs. context rotation bug
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 20 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index e832768..e330da2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config X86 select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK select HAVE_IDE select HAVE_OPROFILE - select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS if (!M386 && !M486) + select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS select HAVE_IRQ_WORK select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT select HAVE_KPROBES diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c index ed63101..6d75b91 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -381,6 +381,20 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void) {} #endif +static bool check_hw_exists(void) +{ + u64 val, val_new = 0; + int ret = 0; + + val = 0xabcdUL; + ret |= checking_wrmsrl(x86_pmu.perfctr, val); + ret |= rdmsrl_safe(x86_pmu.perfctr, &val_new); + if (ret || val != val_new) + return false; + + return true; +} + static void reserve_ds_buffers(void); static void release_ds_buffers(void); @@ -1372,6 +1386,12 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_events(void) pmu_check_apic(); + /* sanity check that the hardware exists or is emulated */ + if (!check_hw_exists()) { + pr_cont("Broken PMU hardware detected, software events only.\n"); + return; + } + pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name); if (x86_pmu.quirks) |