Re: Long standing kernel warning: perfevents: irq loop stuck!

[Josh Hunt <joshhunt00@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 12:34 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Josh Hunt wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:55 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Josh Hunt wrote:
> > > > Was there any progress made on debugging this issue? We are still
> > > > seeing it on 4.19.44:
> > >
> > > I haven't seen anyone looking at this.
> > >
> > > Can you please try the patch Ingo posted:
> > >
> > >   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20150501070226.GB18957@gmail.com/
> > >
> > > and if it fixes the issue decrease the value from 128 to the point where it
> > > comes back, i.e. 128 -> 64 -> 32 ...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >         tglx
> >
> > I just checked the machines where this problem occurs and they're both
> > Nehalem boxes. I think Ingo's patch would only help Haswell machines.
> > Please let me know if I misread the patch or if what I'm seeing is a
> > different issue than the one Cong originally reported.
>
> Find the NHM hack below.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx
>
> 8<----------------
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> index 648260b5f367..93c1a4f0e73e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
> @@ -3572,6 +3572,11 @@ static u64 bdw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 left)
>         return left;
>  }
>
> +static u64 nhm_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 left)
> +{
> +       return max(left, 128ULL);
> +}
> +
>  PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event, "config:0-7"    );
>  PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(umask, "config:8-15"   );
>  PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(edge,  "config:18"     );
> @@ -4606,6 +4611,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
>                 x86_pmu.pebs_constraints = intel_nehalem_pebs_event_constraints;
>                 x86_pmu.enable_all = intel_pmu_nhm_enable_all;
>                 x86_pmu.extra_regs = intel_nehalem_extra_regs;
> +               x86_pmu.limit_period = nhm_limit_period;
>
>                 mem_attr = nhm_mem_events_attrs;
>
Thanks Thomas. Will try this and let you know.

-- 
Josh