[PATCH v3 02/10] perf/amd/ibs: Remove pointless sample period check

[Ravi Bangoria]

Valid perf event sample period value for IBS PMUs (Fetch and Op both)
is limited to multiple of 0x10. perf_ibs_init() has this check:

  if (!event->attr.sample_freq && hwc->sample_period & 0x0f)
          return -EINVAL;

But it's broken since hwc->sample_period will always be 0 when
event->attr.sample_freq is 0 (irrespective of event->attr.freq value.)

One option to fix this is to change the condition:

  - if (!event->attr.sample_freq && hwc->sample_period & 0x0f)
  + if (!event->attr.freq && hwc->sample_period & 0x0f)

However, that will break all userspace tools which have been using IBS
event with sample_period not multiple of 0x10.

Another option is to remove the condition altogether and mask lower
nibble _silently_, same as what current code is inadvertently doing.
I'm preferring this approach as it keeps the existing behavior.

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
index 4ca8006d2221..bd8919e7c3b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
@@ -307,13 +307,8 @@ static int perf_ibs_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		if (config & perf_ibs->cnt_mask)
 			/* raw max_cnt may not be set */
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!event->attr.sample_freq && hwc->sample_period & 0x0f)
-			/*
-			 * lower 4 bits can not be set in ibs max cnt,
-			 * but allowing it in case we adjust the
-			 * sample period to set a frequency.
-			 */
-			return -EINVAL;
+
+		/* Silently mask off lower nibble. IBS hw mandates it. */
 		hwc->sample_period &= ~0x0FULL;
 		if (!hwc->sample_period)
 			hwc->sample_period = 0x10;
-- 
2.43.0