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perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore
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There are bug reports about miscounting uncore counters on some
client machines like Sandybridge, Broadwell and Skylake. It is
very likely to be observed on idle systems.

This issue is caused by a hardware issue. PERF_GLOBAL_CTL could be
cleared after Package C7, and nothing will be count.
The related errata (HSD 158) could be found in:

  www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/4th-gen-core-family-desktop-specification-update.pdf

This patch tries to work around this issue by re-enabling PERF_GLOBAL_CTL
in ->enable_box(). The workaround does not cover all cases. It helps for new
events after returning from C7. But it cannot prevent C7, it will still
miscount if a counter is already active.

There is no drawback in leaving it enabled, so it does not need
disable_box() here.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1470925874-59943-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Kan Liang authored and Ingo Molnar committed Aug 12, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ static void snb_uncore_msr_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
}
}

static void snb_uncore_msr_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
wrmsrl(SNB_UNC_PERF_GLOBAL_CTL,
SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_EN | SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_CORE_ALL);
}

static void snb_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
if (box->pmu->pmu_idx == 0)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -127,6 +133,7 @@ static struct attribute_group snb_uncore_format_group = {

static struct intel_uncore_ops snb_uncore_msr_ops = {
.init_box = snb_uncore_msr_init_box,
.enable_box = snb_uncore_msr_enable_box,
.exit_box = snb_uncore_msr_exit_box,
.disable_event = snb_uncore_msr_disable_event,
.enable_event = snb_uncore_msr_enable_event,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -192,6 +199,12 @@ static void skl_uncore_msr_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
}
}

static void skl_uncore_msr_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
wrmsrl(SKL_UNC_PERF_GLOBAL_CTL,
SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_EN | SKL_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_CORE_ALL);
}

static void skl_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
if (box->pmu->pmu_idx == 0)
Expand All @@ -200,6 +213,7 @@ static void skl_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)

static struct intel_uncore_ops skl_uncore_msr_ops = {
.init_box = skl_uncore_msr_init_box,
.enable_box = skl_uncore_msr_enable_box,
.exit_box = skl_uncore_msr_exit_box,
.disable_event = snb_uncore_msr_disable_event,
.enable_event = snb_uncore_msr_enable_event,
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