Patch "perf/x86/intel: Use proper dTLB-load-misses event on IvyBridge" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    perf/x86/intel: Use proper dTLB-load-misses event on IvyBridge

to the 3.10-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-use-proper-dtlb-load-misses-event-on-ivybridge.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From 1996388e9f4e3444db8273bc08d25164d2967c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:33:25 -0400
Subject: perf/x86/intel: Use proper dTLB-load-misses event on IvyBridge

From: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 1996388e9f4e3444db8273bc08d25164d2967c21 upstream.

This was discussed back in February:

	https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/18/956

But I never saw a patch come out of it.

On IvyBridge we share the SandyBridge cache event tables, but the
dTLB-load-miss event is not compatible.  Patch it up after
the fact to the proper DTLB_LOAD_MISSES.DEMAND_LD_MISS_CAUSES_A_WALK

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1407141528200.17214@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hou Pengyang <houpengyang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -2172,6 +2172,9 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 	case 62: /* IvyBridge EP */
 		memcpy(hw_cache_event_ids, snb_hw_cache_event_ids,
 		       sizeof(hw_cache_event_ids));
+		/* dTLB-load-misses on IVB is different than SNB */
+		hw_cache_event_ids[C(DTLB)][C(OP_READ)][C(RESULT_MISS)] = 0x8108; /* DTLB_LOAD_MISSES.DEMAND_LD_MISS_CAUSES_A_WALK */
+
 		memcpy(hw_cache_extra_regs, snb_hw_cache_extra_regs,
 		       sizeof(hw_cache_extra_regs));
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.10/perf-x86-intel-use-proper-dtlb-load-misses-event-on-ivybridge.patch
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