[tip:perf/urgent] perf, x86: Fix BTS condition

From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Apr 26 2011 - 08:58:52 EST


Commit-ID: 18a073a3acd3a47fbb5e23333df7fad28d576345
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/18a073a3acd3a47fbb5e23333df7fad28d576345
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:24:33 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:34:34 +0200

perf, x86: Fix BTS condition

Currently the x86 backend incorrectly assumes that any BRANCH_INSN
with sample_period==1 is a BTS request. This is not true when we do
frequency driven profiling such as 'perf record -e branches'.

Solves this error:

$ perf record -e branches ./array
Error: sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 95 (Operation not supported).

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-rd2y4ct71hjawzz6fpvsy9hg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 632e5dc..fac0654 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ static int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
/*
* Branch tracing:
*/
- if ((attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS) &&
- (hwc->sample_period == 1)) {
+ if (attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS &&
+ !attr->freq && hwc->sample_period == 1) {
/* BTS is not supported by this architecture. */
if (!x86_pmu.bts_active)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 43fa20b..9194b06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -998,6 +998,9 @@ intel_bts_constraints(struct perf_event *event)
struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
unsigned int hw_event, bts_event;

+ if (event->attr.freq)
+ return NULL;
+
hw_event = hwc->config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK;
bts_event = x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS);

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