[PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel: Check PEBS status correctly

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Thu Nov 26 2020 - 06:09:38 EST


From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>

The kernel cannot disambiguate when 2+ PEBS counters overflow at the
same time. This is what the comment for this code suggests. However,
I see the comparison is done with the unfiltered p->status which is a
copy of IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS at the time of the sample. This
register contains more than the PEBS counter overflow bits. It also
includes many other bits which could also be set.

Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index 89dba588636e..485c5066f8b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm(struct pt_regs *iregs, struct perf_sample_d
* that caused the PEBS record. It's called collision.
* If collision happened, the record will be dropped.
*/
- if (p->status != (1ULL << bit)) {
+ if (pebs_status != (1ULL << bit)) {
for_each_set_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&pebs_status, size)
error[i]++;
continue;
--
2.29.2.454.gaff20da3a2-goog