Re: [PATCH 0/29] x86/perfcounters: x86 and AMD cpu updates

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Apr 29 2009 - 07:28:56 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 13:09 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch series updates the perfcounters implementation mainly
> > > for the x86 architecture.
> >
> > Wow, very nice series! Still havent looked through all of them, but
> > wanted to give some quick feedback that the splitup and direction
> > looks all good.
>
> Agreed, patches look nice, thanks!
>
> > > I developed this patches based on 03ced43 and later rebased to
> > > 1b88991. The latest tip/percounters/core branch seems to be
> > > broken, no nmis are delivered, only perfcounter interrupts with no
> > > results on kerneltop. I am still debugging this. However, I could
> > > test successfully the patch series based on 03ced43 and want to
> > > release the patches anyway.
> >
> > hm, it works all fine for me. This is "perf top" output from an
> > AMD/Barcelona box:
>
> Works on my opteron as well:
>
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 15
> model : 67
> model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1216
> stepping : 2

Mine is:

processor : 15
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8356
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2300.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 3
siblings : 1
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 19
initial apicid : 15
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx
mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc
arch_perfmon rep_good nonstop_tsc pni monitor cx16 lahf_lm
cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse
3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4621.68
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

Ingo
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