Re: [PATCH V4 0/6] perf, amd: Enable AMD family 15h northbridgecounters

From: Jacob Shin
Date: Mon Dec 10 2012 - 13:50:58 EST


On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 05:04:12PM -0600, Jacob Shin wrote:
> The following patchset enables 4 additional performance counters in
> AMD family 15h processors that count northbridge events -- such as
> number of DRAM accesses.
>
> This patchset is based on previous work done by Robert Richter
> <rric@xxxxxxxxxx> :
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/19/324
>
> The main differences are:
>
> * The northbridge counters are indexed contiguously right above the
> core performance counters.
>
> * MSR address offset calculations are moved to architecture specific
> files.
>
> * Interrups are set up to be delivered only to a single core.
>
> V4:
> * Moved interrupt core select set up back to event constraints
> function, sicne during ->hw_config time we do not yet know on which
> CPU the the event will run on.
> * Tested on and made minor revisions to make sure that the patchset is
> compatible with upcoming AMD Family 16h processors, and will support
> core and NB counters without any further patches.
>
> V3:
> Addressed the following feedback/comments from Robert's review
> * https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/16/484
> * https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/26/162
>
> V2:
> Separate out Robert's patches, and add properly ordered certificate of
> origins.
>
> Jacob Shin (4):
> perf, amd: Use proper naming scheme for AMD bit field definitions
> perf, x86: Move MSR address offset calculation to architecture
> specific files
> perf, x86: Allow for architecture specific RDPMC indexes
> perf, amd: Enable northbridge performance counters on AMD family 15h
>
> Robert Richter (2):
> perf, amd: Rework northbridge event constraints handler
> perf, amd: Generalize northbridge constraints code for family 15h
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 13 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h | 25 ++-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c | 318 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 6 files changed, 268 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>
> --

Ping .. ? any comments/feedback ? If things look okay, could you
please commit to tip perf/core ?

Thank you,

-Jacob

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