Re: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Thu Mar 14 2013 - 18:42:40 EST


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, it happens on my IVB desktop too, so I can investigate...
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