Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] perf/x86: Improve HT workaround GP counter constraint

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed May 27 2015 - 10:00:59 EST


On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 09:48:09AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 04:33:42PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > + */
> > > + if (is_ht_workaround_enabled() && !cpuc->is_fake &&
> >
> > Could this function also check if at least one leaking event is
> > scheduled somewhere? (e.g. from a global count)
>
> You truncated one line too many:
>
> + if (is_ht_workaround_enabled() && !cpuc->is_fake &&
> + READ_ONCE(cpuc->excl_cntrs->exclusive_present))
> + gpmax /= 2;
>
> Guess what that READ_ONCE() does? It checks if there's one such leaky
> event on the current core.

Great. Thanks.

-Andi


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