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[PATCH] x86-64: x86_64 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmo…
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Hello,

This patch against 2.6.20-git14 makes the NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1
instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0 on processors supporting Intel architectural
perfmon, such as Intel Core 2. Although all PMU events can work on
both counters, the Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) requires that the
event be in PERFCTR0 to work correctly (see section 18.14.4.1 in the
IA32 SDM Vol 3b). This versions has 3 chunks compared to previous where
we had missed on check.

Changelog:
        - make the x86-64 NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1 instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0
          on processors supporting the Intel architectural perfmon (e.g. Core 2 Duo).
          This allows PEBS to work when the NMI watchdog is active.

signed-off-by: stephane eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Stephane Eranian authored and Andi Kleen committed May 2, 2007
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
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Expand Up @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int __init check_nmi_watchdog (void)
struct nmi_watchdog_ctlblk *wd = &__get_cpu_var(nmi_watchdog_ctlblk);

nmi_hz = 1;
if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0)
if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1)
nmi_hz = adjust_for_32bit_ctr(nmi_hz);
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ static int setup_intel_arch_watchdog(void)
(ebx & ARCH_PERFMON_UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES_PRESENT))
goto fail;

perfctr_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0;
evntsel_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0;
perfctr_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1;
evntsel_msr = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL1;

if (!__reserve_perfctr_nmi(-1, perfctr_msr))
goto fail;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ int __kprobes nmi_watchdog_tick(struct pt_regs * regs, unsigned reason)
/* start the cycle over again */
wrmsrl(wd->perfctr_msr,
-((u64)cpu_khz * 1000 / nmi_hz));
} else if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0) {
} else if (wd->perfctr_msr == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR1) {
/*
* ArchPerfom/Core Duo needs to re-unmask
* the apic vector
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