perf/x86/intel/lbr: Optimize v4 LBR unfreezing
authorAndi Kleen <[email protected]>
Sun, 10 May 2015 19:22:46 +0000 (12:22 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <[email protected]>
Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:16:58 +0000 (10:16 +0200)
In Arch perfmon v4 the GLOBAL_STATUS reset automatically unfreezes
LBRs. So no need to do it manually in the LBR code. Add a check
to skip it.

v2: Move test up to beginning of function.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c

index 2fb57373beca72f5121458f0ec2cb9cdae751634..769a42f874dce3f0425164a2abb0a2d03d7ac9ba 100644 (file)
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(bool pmi)
        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
        u64 debugctl, lbr_select = 0, orig_debugctl;
 
+       /*
+        * No need to unfreeze manually, as v4 can do that as part
+        * of the GLOBAL_STATUS ack.
+        */
+       if (pmi && x86_pmu.version >= 4)
+               return;
+
        /*
         * No need to reprogram LBR_SELECT in a PMI, as it
         * did not change.