From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"mingo@elte.hu" <mingo@elte.hu>,
"ak@linux.intel.com" <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@intel.com>,
Maria Dimakopoulou <maria.n.dimakopoulou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] perf/x86: add syfs entry to disable HT bug workaround
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:42:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141118164205.GE5238@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPqkBQMCDzN4r8-3vj1EqOuF28pT63iPfnP9M_ry3CL-Sy7xw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 05:37:26PM +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Does it need to bit a bitmask, as opposed to just a bug number (which could
> be implemented as a bitmask)?
>
> >> enable_workaround:
> >> - provide the bit number (of the workaround) to enable the workaround
> >
> > Right, writing the bit number could be part of the description message
> > above - just so that users know how to control the interface.
> >
> writing the bug number....
Ah, ok, I see what you mean. I guess we can do increasing bug numbers.
The mapping internally to bits in bitmasks or whatever fancy thing we
do should remain hidden. So I'd guess assigning bug numbers to the bugs
should be the only thing that's stable and user-visible...
Thanks.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-18 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-17 19:06 [PATCH v3 00/13] perf/x86: implement HT counter corruption workaround Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] perf,x86: rename er_flags to flags Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:41 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Rename x86_pmu::er_flags to 'flags' tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] perf/x86: vectorize cpuc->kfree_on_online Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:41 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Vectorize cpuc->kfree_on_online tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] perf/x86: add 3 new scheduling callbacks Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:42 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Add " tip-bot for Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] perf/x86: add index param to get_event_constraint() callback Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:42 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Add 'index' " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] perf/x86: add cross-HT counter exclusion infrastructure Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:42 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Add " tip-bot for Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] perf/x86: implement cross-HT corruption bug workaround Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:43 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Implement " tip-bot for Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-17 19:06 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] perf/x86: enforce HT bug workaround for SNB/IVB/HSW Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:43 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Enforce HT bug workaround for SNB /IVB/HSW tip-bot for Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] perf/x86: enforce HT bug workaround with PEBS for SNB/IVB/HSW Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:43 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Enforce " tip-bot for Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] perf/x86: fix intel_get_event_constraints() for dynamic constraints Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:43 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Fix " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] perf/x86: limit to half counters to avoid exclusive mode starvation Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:44 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Limit to half counters when the HT workaround is enabled, " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] watchdog: add watchdog enable/disable all functions Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:44 ` [tip:perf/core] watchdog: Add watchdog enable/ disable " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] perf/x86: make HT bug workaround conditioned on HT enabled Stephane Eranian
2015-04-02 18:44 ` [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Make the HT bug workaround conditional " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 19:07 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] perf/x86: add syfs entry to disable HT bug workaround Stephane Eranian
2014-11-17 23:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-11-17 23:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-11-17 23:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-11-18 0:31 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-11-18 15:29 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-11-18 15:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-11-18 16:37 ` Stephane Eranian
2014-11-18 16:42 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2014-11-18 15:01 ` Maria Dimakopoulou
2014-11-18 15:12 ` Borislav Petkov
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