[PATCH 5.2 354/413] perf/x86/intel: Fix spurious NMI on fixed counter

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Jul 25 2019 - 14:03:39 EST


From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit e4557c1a46b0d32746bd309e1941914b5a6912b4 upstream.

If a user first sample a PEBS event on a fixed counter, then sample a
non-PEBS event on the same fixed counter on Icelake, it will trigger
spurious NMI. For example:

perf record -e 'cycles:p' -a
perf record -e 'cycles' -a

The error message for spurious NMI:

[June 21 15:38] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 30 on CPU 2.
[ +0.000000] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
[ +0.000000] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue

The bug was introduced by the following commit:

commit 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")

The commit moves the intel_pmu_pebs_disable() after intel_pmu_disable_fixed(),
which returns immediately. The related bit of PEBS_ENABLE MSR will never be
cleared for the fixed counter. Then a non-PEBS event runs on the fixed counter,
but the bit on PEBS_ENABLE is still set, which triggers spurious NMIs.

Check and disable PEBS for fixed counters after intel_pmu_disable_fixed().

Reported-by: Yi, Ammy <ammy.yi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>
Fixes: 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190625142135.22112-1-kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -2161,12 +2161,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_event(stru
cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask &= ~(1ull << hwc->idx);
cpuc->intel_cp_status &= ~(1ull << hwc->idx);

- if (unlikely(hwc->config_base == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL)) {
+ if (unlikely(hwc->config_base == MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL))
intel_pmu_disable_fixed(hwc);
- return;
- }
-
- x86_pmu_disable_event(event);
+ else
+ x86_pmu_disable_event(event);

/*
* Needs to be called after x86_pmu_disable_event,