This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled perf/x86/intel/uncore: Remove SBOX support for BDX-DE to the 4.5-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: 0002-perf-x86-intel-uncore-Remove-SBOX-support-for-BDX-DE.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.5 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From e178b147e530c12a95871e78569554666fe01c0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 05:07:43 -0500 Subject: perf/x86/intel/uncore: Remove SBOX support for BDX-DE From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx> commit e178b147e530c12a95871e78569554666fe01c0f upstream. BDX-DE and BDX-EP share the same uncore code path. But there is no sbox in BDX-DE. This patch remove SBOX support for BDX-DE. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <tonyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Battersby <tonyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/37D7C6CF3E00A74B8858931C1DB2F0770589D336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c @@ -2875,11 +2875,13 @@ static struct intel_uncore_type bdx_unco .format_group = &hswep_uncore_sbox_format_group, }; +#define BDX_MSR_UNCORE_SBOX 3 + static struct intel_uncore_type *bdx_msr_uncores[] = { &bdx_uncore_ubox, &bdx_uncore_cbox, - &bdx_uncore_sbox, &hswep_uncore_pcu, + &bdx_uncore_sbox, NULL, }; @@ -2888,6 +2890,10 @@ void bdx_uncore_cpu_init(void) if (bdx_uncore_cbox.num_boxes > boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores) bdx_uncore_cbox.num_boxes = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores; uncore_msr_uncores = bdx_msr_uncores; + + /* BDX-DE doesn't have SBOX */ + if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 86) + uncore_msr_uncores[BDX_MSR_UNCORE_SBOX] = NULL; } static struct intel_uncore_type bdx_uncore_ha = { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.5/0003-perf-x86-intel-Fix-PEBS-warning-by-only-restoring-ac.patch queue-4.5/0004-perf-x86-intel-Use-PAGE_SIZE-for-PEBS-buffer-size-on.patch queue-4.5/perf-x86-intel-add-definition-for-pt-pmi-bit.patch queue-4.5/0002-perf-x86-intel-uncore-Remove-SBOX-support-for-BDX-DE.patch queue-4.5/0001-perf-x86-pebs-Add-workaround-for-broken-OVFL-status-.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html