This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE_SIZE for PEBS buffer size on Core2
to the 4.4-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:
0004-perf-x86-intel-Use-PAGE_SIZE-for-PEBS-buffer-size-on.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3135a66b768c5ee84c8a98b21d0330dc1c1234b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:03:52 +0100
Subject: perf/x86/intel: Use PAGE_SIZE for PEBS buffer size on Core2
From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 3135a66b768c5ee84c8a98b21d0330dc1c1234b4 upstream.
Using PAGE_SIZE buffers makes the WRMSR to PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL in
intel_pmu_enable_all() mysteriously hang on Core2. As a workaround, we
don't do this.
The hard lockup is easily triggered by running 'perf test attr'
repeatedly. Most of the time it gets stuck on sample session with
small periods.
# perf test attr -vv
14: struct perf_event_attr setup :
--- start ---
...
'PERF_TEST_ATTR=/tmp/tmpuEKz3B /usr/bin/perf record -o /tmp/tmpuEKz3B/perf.data -c 123 kill >/dev/null 2>&1' ret 1
Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160301190352.GA8355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ struct x86_pmu {
pebs_active :1,
pebs_broken :1;
int pebs_record_size;
+ int pebs_buffer_size;
void (*drain_pebs)(struct pt_regs *regs);
struct event_constraint *pebs_constraints;
void (*pebs_aliases)(struct perf_event *event);
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int alloc_pebs_buffer(int cpu)
if (!x86_pmu.pebs)
return 0;
- buffer = kzalloc_node(PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+ buffer = kzalloc_node(x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL, node);
if (unlikely(!buffer))
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int alloc_pebs_buffer(int cpu)
per_cpu(insn_buffer, cpu) = ibuffer;
}
- max = PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE / x86_pmu.pebs_record_size;
+ max = x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size / x86_pmu.pebs_record_size;
ds->pebs_buffer_base = (u64)(unsigned long)buffer;
ds->pebs_index = ds->pebs_buffer_base;
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
x86_pmu.bts = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BTS);
x86_pmu.pebs = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PEBS);
+ x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size = PEBS_BUFFER_SIZE;
if (x86_pmu.pebs) {
char pebs_type = x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_trap ? '+' : '-';
int format = x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format;
@@ -1304,6 +1305,14 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
case 0:
printk(KERN_CONT "PEBS fmt0%c, ", pebs_type);
x86_pmu.pebs_record_size = sizeof(struct pebs_record_core);
+ /*
+ * Using >PAGE_SIZE buffers makes the WRMSR to
+ * PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL in intel_pmu_enable_all()
+ * mysteriously hang on Core2.
+ *
+ * As a workaround, we don't do this.
+ */
+ x86_pmu.pebs_buffer_size = PAGE_SIZE;
x86_pmu.drain_pebs = intel_pmu_drain_pebs_core;
break;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/0003-perf-x86-intel-Fix-PEBS-warning-by-only-restoring-ac.patch
queue-4.4/0004-perf-x86-intel-Use-PAGE_SIZE-for-PEBS-buffer-size-on.patch
queue-4.4/perf-x86-intel-add-definition-for-pt-pmi-bit.patch
queue-4.4/perf-tools-fix-python-extension-build.patch
queue-4.4/perf-core-fix-perf_sched_count-derailment.patch
queue-4.4/0001-perf-x86-pebs-Add-workaround-for-broken-OVFL-status-.patch
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