Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] perf/x86: Enable NMI source reporting for perfmon

[Liang, Kan]

On 2024-07-09 10:39 a.m., Jacob Pan wrote:
> Program the designated NMI source vector into the performance monitoring
> interrupt (PMI) of the local vector table. PMI handler will be directly
> invoked when its NMI is generated. This avoids the latency of calling all
> NMI handlers blindly.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Kan

> ---
> v4: Use a macro for programming PVTPC unconditionally (Kan)
> v3: Program NMI source vector in PVTPC unconditionally (HPA)
> v2: Fix a compile error apic_perfmon_ctr is undefined in i386 config
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/core.c       | 4 ++--
>  arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 6 +++---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h  | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> index 1ef2201e48ac..e69c52f9d662 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> @@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * This generic handler doesn't seem to have any issues where the
>  	 * unmasking occurs so it was left at the top.
>  	 */
> -	apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
> +	apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_PERF_NMI);
>  
>  	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
>  		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
> @@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ void perf_events_lapic_init(void)
>  	/*
>  	 * Always use NMI for PMU
>  	 */
> -	apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
> +	apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_PERF_NMI);
>  }
>  
>  static int
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> index 38c1b1f1deaa..e7e114616e24 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> @@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * NMI handler.
>  	 */
>  	if (!late_ack && !mid_ack)
> -		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
> +		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_PERF_NMI);
>  	intel_bts_disable_local();
>  	cpuc->enabled = 0;
>  	__intel_pmu_disable_all(true);
> @@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  done:
>  	if (mid_ack)
> -		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
> +		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_PERF_NMI);
>  	/* Only restore PMU state when it's active. See x86_pmu_disable(). */
>  	cpuc->enabled = pmu_enabled;
>  	if (pmu_enabled)
> @@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * Haswell CPUs.
>  	 */
>  	if (late_ack)
> -		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
> +		apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_PERF_NMI);
>  	return handled;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> index 9327eb00e96d..d284eff7849c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
>  #define APIC_EXTNMI_ALL		1
>  #define APIC_EXTNMI_NONE	2
>  
> +#define APIC_PERF_NMI		(APIC_DM_NMI | NMI_SOURCE_VEC_PMI)
> +
>  /*
>   * Define the default level of output to be very little
>   * This can be turned up by using apic=verbose for more