[PATCH 09/10] perf, x86: Improve debug output in check_hw_exists()

[Robert Richter]

It might be of interest which perfctr msr failed.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 1d59cac..8ab4e5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void) {}
 
 static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 {
-	u64 val, val_new = 0;
+	u64 val, val_new = ~0;
 	int i, reg, ret = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ bios_fail:
 
 msr_fail:
 	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val_new);
 
 	return false;
 }
-- 
1.7.8.4


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