This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf/x86/intel: Clean up PEBS-via-PT on hybrid
to the 6.13-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-x86-intel-clean-up-pebs-via-pt-on-hybrid.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.13 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit cb86172a550208721d1f6934eca5f2c463464c81
Author: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jan 29 07:48:18 2025 -0800
perf/x86/intel: Clean up PEBS-via-PT on hybrid
[ Upstream commit 0a5561501397e2bbd0fb0e300eb489f72a90597a ]
The PEBS-via-PT feature is exposed for the e-core of some hybrid
platforms, e.g., ADL and MTL. But it never works.
$ dmesg | grep PEBS
[ 1.793888] core: cpu_atom PMU driver: PEBS-via-PT
$ perf record -c 1000 -e '{intel_pt/branch=0/,
cpu_atom/cpu-cycles,aux-output/pp}' -C8
Error:
The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument)
for event (cpu_atom/cpu-cycles,aux-output/pp).
"dmesg | grep -i perf" may provide additional information.
The "PEBS-via-PT" is printed if the corresponding bit of per-PMU
capabilities is set. Since the feature is supported by the e-core HW,
perf sets the bit for e-core. However, for Intel PT, if a feature is not
supported on all CPUs, it is not supported at all. The PEBS-via-PT event
cannot be created successfully.
The PEBS-via-PT is no longer enumerated on the latest hybrid platform. It
will be deprecated on future platforms with Arch PEBS. Let's remove it
from the existing hybrid platforms.
Fixes: d9977c43bff8 ("perf/x86: Register hybrid PMUs")
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250129154820.3755948-2-kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 99c590da0ae24..810d8c889f507 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -4923,11 +4923,6 @@ static void intel_pmu_check_hybrid_pmus(struct x86_hybrid_pmu *pmu)
else
pmu->intel_ctrl &= ~(1ULL << GLOBAL_CTRL_EN_PERF_METRICS);
- if (pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available)
- pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
- else
- pmu->pmu.capabilities &= ~PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
-
intel_pmu_check_event_constraints(pmu->event_constraints,
pmu->cntr_mask64,
pmu->fixed_cntr_mask64,
@@ -5005,9 +5000,6 @@ static bool init_hybrid_pmu(int cpu)
pr_info("%s PMU driver: ", pmu->name);
- if (pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available)
- pr_cont("PEBS-via-PT ");
-
pr_cont("\n");
x86_pmu_show_pmu_cap(&pmu->pmu);
@@ -6362,11 +6354,9 @@ static __always_inline int intel_pmu_init_hybrid(enum hybrid_pmu_type pmus)
pmu->intel_cap.capabilities = x86_pmu.intel_cap.capabilities;
if (pmu->pmu_type & hybrid_small_tiny) {
pmu->intel_cap.perf_metrics = 0;
- pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available = 1;
pmu->mid_ack = true;
} else if (pmu->pmu_type & hybrid_big) {
pmu->intel_cap.perf_metrics = 1;
- pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available = 0;
pmu->late_ack = true;
}
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index 6ba6549f26fac..cb0eca7347899 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -2544,7 +2544,15 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
}
pr_cont("PEBS fmt4%c%s, ", pebs_type, pebs_qual);
- if (!is_hybrid() && x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available) {
+ /*
+ * The PEBS-via-PT is not supported on hybrid platforms,
+ * because not all CPUs of a hybrid machine support it.
+ * The global x86_pmu.intel_cap, which only contains the
+ * common capabilities, is used to check the availability
+ * of the feature. The per-PMU pebs_output_pt_available
+ * in a hybrid machine should be ignored.
+ */
+ if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available) {
pr_cont("PEBS-via-PT, ");
x86_get_pmu(smp_processor_id())->capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
}
