FAILED: patch "[PATCH] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore" failed to apply to 4.7-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore" failed to apply to 4.7-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.7-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 95f3be798472f63b495ca4712af005ea5ac7aa47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:31:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore

There are bug reports about miscounting uncore counters on some
client machines like Sandybridge, Broadwell and Skylake. It is
very likely to be observed on idle systems.

This issue is caused by a hardware issue. PERF_GLOBAL_CTL could be
cleared after Package C7, and nothing will be count.
The related errata (HSD 158) could be found in:

  www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/4th-gen-core-family-desktop-specification-update.pdf

This patch tries to work around this issue by re-enabling PERF_GLOBAL_CTL
in ->enable_box(). The workaround does not cover all cases. It helps for new
events after returning from C7. But it cannot prevent C7, it will still
miscount if a counter is already active.

There is no drawback in leaving it enabled, so it does not need
disable_box() here.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1470925874-59943-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
index 97a69dbba649..9d35ec0cb8fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ static void snb_uncore_msr_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 	}
 }
 
+static void snb_uncore_msr_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
+{
+	wrmsrl(SNB_UNC_PERF_GLOBAL_CTL,
+		SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_EN | SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_CORE_ALL);
+}
+
 static void snb_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 {
 	if (box->pmu->pmu_idx == 0)
@@ -127,6 +133,7 @@ static struct attribute_group snb_uncore_format_group = {
 
 static struct intel_uncore_ops snb_uncore_msr_ops = {
 	.init_box	= snb_uncore_msr_init_box,
+	.enable_box	= snb_uncore_msr_enable_box,
 	.exit_box	= snb_uncore_msr_exit_box,
 	.disable_event	= snb_uncore_msr_disable_event,
 	.enable_event	= snb_uncore_msr_enable_event,
@@ -192,6 +199,12 @@ static void skl_uncore_msr_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 	}
 }
 
+static void skl_uncore_msr_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
+{
+	wrmsrl(SKL_UNC_PERF_GLOBAL_CTL,
+		SNB_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_EN | SKL_UNC_GLOBAL_CTL_CORE_ALL);
+}
+
 static void skl_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 {
 	if (box->pmu->pmu_idx == 0)
@@ -200,6 +213,7 @@ static void skl_uncore_msr_exit_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 
 static struct intel_uncore_ops skl_uncore_msr_ops = {
 	.init_box	= skl_uncore_msr_init_box,
+	.enable_box	= skl_uncore_msr_enable_box,
 	.exit_box	= skl_uncore_msr_exit_box,
 	.disable_event	= snb_uncore_msr_disable_event,
 	.enable_event	= snb_uncore_msr_enable_event,