When using BTS on Core i7-4*, I get the below kernel warning.
$ perf record -c 1 -e branches:u ls
Message from syslogd@labpc1501 at Nov 11 15:49:25 ...
kernel:[ 438.317893] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 31 on CPU 2.
Message from syslogd@labpc1501 at Nov 11 15:49:25 ...
kernel:[ 438.317920] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
Message from syslogd@labpc1501 at Nov 11 15:49:25 ...
kernel:[ 438.317945] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
Make intel_pmu_handle_irq() take the full exit path when returning early.
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1392425048-5309-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>