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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-26 08:10:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-26 09:49:28 +0200 |
| commit | 79202ba9ff8cf570a75596f42e011167734d1c4b (patch) | |
| tree | a7a2ebd002db9a212319da0bdc82609fe47e49e1 /arch | |
| parent | 8a7b8cb91f26a671f22cedc7fd54508667f2d9b9 (diff) | |
| download | op-kernel-dev-79202ba9ff8cf570a75596f42e011167734d1c4b.zip op-kernel-dev-79202ba9ff8cf570a75596f42e011167734d1c4b.tar.gz | |
perf_counter, x86: Fix APIC NMI programming
My Nehalem box locks up in certain situations (with an
always-asserted NMI causing a lockup) if the PMU LVT
entry is programmed between NMI and IRQ mode with a
high frequency.
Standardize exlusively on NMIs instead.
[ Impact: fix lockup ]
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c index 189bf9d..ece3813 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c @@ -285,14 +285,10 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter) hwc->config |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_OS; /* - * If privileged enough, allow NMI events: + * Use NMI events all the time: */ - hwc->nmi = 0; - if (hw_event->nmi) { - if (sysctl_perf_counter_priv && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EACCES; - hwc->nmi = 1; - } + hwc->nmi = 1; + hw_event->nmi = 1; if (!hwc->irq_period) hwc->irq_period = x86_pmu.max_period; @@ -553,9 +549,6 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc) if (!x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed) return -1; - if (unlikely(hwc->nmi)) - return -1; - event = hwc->config & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENT_MASK; if (unlikely(event == x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS))) @@ -806,9 +799,6 @@ static int amd_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs, int nmi) counter = cpuc->counters[idx]; hwc = &counter->hw; - if (counter->hw_event.nmi != nmi) - continue; - val = x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx); if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.counter_bits - 1))) continue; |
