[tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Disallow interval of 1

[tip-bot for Ingo Molnar]

Commit-ID:  1c80f4b598d9b075a2a0be694e28be93a6702bcc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1c80f4b598d9b075a2a0be694e28be93a6702bcc
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:25:22 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:47:05 +0200

perf_counter: x86: Disallow interval of 1

On certain CPUs i have observed a stuck PMU if interval was set to
1 and NMIs were used. The PMU had PMC0 set in MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS,
but it was not possible to ack it via MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL,
and the NMI loop got stuck infinitely.

[ Impact: fix rare hangs during high perfcounter load ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index 1dcf670..46a82d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
 		left += period;
 		atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, left);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Quirk: certain CPUs dont like it if just 1 event is left:
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(left < 2))
+		left = 2;
 
 	per_cpu(prev_left[idx], smp_processor_id()) = left;
 
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