Re: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Thu Mar 14 2013 - 18:19:22 EST


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Could be related to suspend/resume. But were you running perf across
>> that resume/suspend cycle?
>
> No.
>
> In most cases I was running a perf record before and after (but not
> *while* suspending)
>
> In at least one other crash, I didn't run perf before at all, so the
> first time I used perf was after the resume.
>
> So in no cases did I actually have any perf stuff active over the
> suspend itself.
>
Ok, simpler test case then.

>> Let's see if we can reproduce the problem on the same ChromeBook you
>> have. Don't have one myself.
>
> I don't imagine it should be about chromebook per se, because afaik
> all of pmu suspend/resume is done by the kernel, no firmware involved.
>
> So I'd assume it should happen with any IvyBridge.
>
Will try on a desktop IvyBridge too.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/