[PATCH 1/3] perf, x86: Blacklist all MEM_*_RETIRED events for IVB

[Peter Zijlstra]

Errata BV98 states that all MEM_*_RETIRED events corrupt the counter
value of the SMT sibling's counters. Blacklist these events

Cc: eranian@xxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-jwra43mujrv1oq9xk6mfe57v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c |   13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -128,10 +128,15 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_ivb
 	INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x08a3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.CYCLES_L1D_PENDING */
 	INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0ca3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_L1D_PENDING */
 	INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2), /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
-	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0xf), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
-	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
-	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
-	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0xf), /*  MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
+	/*
+	 * Errata BV98 -- MEM_*_RETIRED events can leak between counters of SMT
+	 * siblings; disable these events because they can corrupt unrelated
+	 * counters.
+	 */
+	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0x0), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
+	INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
 	EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END
 };
 


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