perf_counter: x86: Emulate longer sample periods

Do as Power already does, emulate sample periods up to 2^63-1 by
composing them of smaller values limited by hardware capabilities.
Only once we wrap the software period do we generate an overflow
event.

Just 10 lines of new code.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: 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>
This commit is contained in:
Peter Zijlstra 2009-06-02 16:08:20 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 8a016db386
commit e4abb5d4f7

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@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
if (!hwc->sample_period)
hwc->sample_period = x86_pmu.max_period;
atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left,
min(x86_pmu.max_period, hwc->sample_period));
atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
/*
* Raw event type provide the config in the event structure
@ -451,13 +450,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, prev_left[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX]);
* Set the next IRQ period, based on the hwc->period_left value.
* To be called with the counter disabled in hw:
*/
static void
static int
x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
{
s64 left = atomic64_read(&hwc->period_left);
s64 period = min(x86_pmu.max_period, hwc->sample_period);
int err;
s64 period = hwc->sample_period;
int err, ret = 0;
/*
* If we are way outside a reasoable range then just skip forward:
@ -465,11 +464,13 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
if (unlikely(left <= -period)) {
left = period;
atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, left);
ret = 1;
}
if (unlikely(left <= 0)) {
left += period;
atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, left);
ret = 1;
}
/*
* Quirk: certain CPUs dont like it if just 1 event is left:
@ -477,6 +478,9 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
if (unlikely(left < 2))
left = 2;
if (left > x86_pmu.max_period)
left = x86_pmu.max_period;
per_cpu(prev_left[idx], smp_processor_id()) = left;
/*
@ -487,6 +491,8 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx,
(u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.counter_mask);
return ret;
}
static inline void
@ -706,16 +712,19 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
* Save and restart an expired counter. Called by NMI contexts,
* so it has to be careful about preempting normal counter ops:
*/
static void intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter)
static int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter)
{
struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
int idx = hwc->idx;
int ret;
x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
ret = x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
intel_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
return ret;
}
static void intel_pmu_reset(void)
@ -782,7 +791,9 @@ again:
if (!test_bit(bit, cpuc->active_mask))
continue;
intel_pmu_save_and_restart(counter);
if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(counter))
continue;
if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, nmi, regs, 0))
intel_pmu_disable_counter(&counter->hw, bit);
}
@ -824,9 +835,11 @@ static int amd_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs, int nmi)
continue;
/* counter overflow */
x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
handled = 1;
inc_irq_stat(apic_perf_irqs);
if (!x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
continue;
if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, nmi, regs, 0))
amd_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
}