From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756822Ab3H3QCW (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:02:22 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:42168 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756278Ab3H3QCV (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:02:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:02:15 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Andi Kleen Cc: mingo@kernel.org, acme@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf, x86: Avoid checkpointed counters causing excessive TSX aborts v4 Message-ID: <20130830160215.GU31370@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1377128846-977-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1377128846-977-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1377128846-977-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 04:47:23PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > @@ -1224,6 +1240,15 @@ again: > x86_pmu.drain_pebs(regs); > } > > + /* > + * To avoid spurious interrupts with perf stat always reset checkpointed > + * counters. > + * > + * XXX move somewhere else. > + */ > + if (cpuc->events[2] && event_is_checkpointed(cpuc->events[2])) > + status |= (1ULL << 2); > + > for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&status, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) { > struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[bit]; > I'm sure I commented on that XXX thing.. Yep, right here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137638980210140 Sup?