The patch below does not apply to the 4.7-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 95f3be798472f63b495ca4712af005ea5ac7aa47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:31:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore 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@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@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: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1470925874-59943-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c index 97a69dbba649..9d35ec0cb8fc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c @@ -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) @@ -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, @@ -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) @@ -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, -- 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