[tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86: Blacklist all MEM_*_RETIRED events for Ivy Bridge

From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat May 04 2013 - 04:21:06 EST


Commit-ID: 741a698f420c34c458294a6accecfbad702a7c52
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/741a698f420c34c458294a6accecfbad702a7c52
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 3 May 2013 14:11:23 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 4 May 2013 08:37:46 +0200

perf/x86: Blacklist all MEM_*_RETIRED events for Ivy Bridge

Errata BV98 states that all MEM_*_RETIRED events corrupt the
counter value of the SMT sibling's counters. Blacklist these
events

Reported-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: eranian@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130503121256.083340271@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-jwra43mujrv1oq9xk6mfe57v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index cc45deb..4a0a462 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -125,10 +125,15 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_ivb_event_constraints[] __read_mostly =
INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x08a3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.CYCLES_L1D_PENDING */
INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0ca3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_L1D_PENDING */
INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2), /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
- INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0xf), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
- INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
- INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
- INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
+ /*
+ * Errata BV98 -- MEM_*_RETIRED events can leak between counters of SMT
+ * siblings; disable these events because they can corrupt unrelated
+ * counters.
+ */
+ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0x0), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
+ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END
};

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