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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: kan.liang@intel.com
Cc: mingo@redhat.com, eranian@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
	acme@redhat.com, jolsa@redhat.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, vincent.weaver@maine.edu, ak@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:03:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170522120321.e3b7my5lsjue6jpb@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1495213582-3635-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com>

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:06:22AM -0700, kan.liang@intel.com wrote:
> This patch was once merged, but reverted later.
> Because ref-cycles can not be used anymore when watchdog is enabled.
> The commit is 44530d588e142a96cf0cd345a7cb8911c4f88720
> 
> The patch 1/2 has extended the ref-cycles to GP counter. The concern
> should be gone.

So its not a problem if every Atom prior to Goldmont, and all Core/Core2
products regress?

P6 and P4 you've entirely broken, as they don't have REF_CPU_CYCLES at all.

So no, I don't think this is right even now.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-22 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-19 17:06 [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel: enable CPU ref_cycles for GP counter kan.liang
2017-05-19 17:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86 kan.liang
2017-05-22 12:03   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2017-05-22 12:04     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 16:58     ` Liang, Kan
2017-05-22 19:24       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 18:20   ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-22 20:01     ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-22  8:30 ` [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel: enable CPU ref_cycles for GP counter Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 18:15   ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-22  9:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 12:22   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 16:59     ` Liang, Kan
2017-05-22 16:55   ` Liang, Kan
2017-05-22 19:23     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-22 19:28       ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-22 21:51         ` Liang, Kan
2017-05-23  6:39         ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-23  6:42           ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-24 15:45             ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-24 16:01               ` Vince Weaver
2017-05-24 16:55                 ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-28 20:31                 ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-30  9:25                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-30 13:51                     ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-30 16:28                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-30 16:41                         ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-30 17:22                         ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-30 17:40                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-30 17:51                             ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-30 18:59                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-30 19:40                                 ` Andi Kleen
2017-05-30 16:39                     ` Stephane Eranian
2017-05-30 16:55                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-30 17:25                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-31 20:57                   ` Vince Weaver
2017-05-28  2:56 ` kbuild test robot

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