From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Cc: mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mark.rutland@arm.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
jolsa@redhat.com, namhyung@kernel.org, dave.hansen@intel.com,
yu-cheng.yu@intel.com, bigeasy@linutronix.de, gorcunov@gmail.com,
hpa@zytor.com, alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com,
eranian@google.com, ak@linux.intel.com, like.xu@linux.intel.com,
yao.jin@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support XSAVES/XRSTORS for LBR context switch
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:41:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200619194115.GJ576888@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1592575449-64278-21-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 07:04:08AM -0700, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
> The XSAVE instruction requires 64-byte alignment for state buffers. A
> 64-byte aligned kmem_cache is created for architecture LBR.
> + pmu->task_ctx_cache = create_lbr_kmem_cache(size,
> + XSAVE_ALIGNMENT);
> +struct x86_perf_task_context_arch_lbr_xsave {
> + struct x86_perf_task_context_opt opt;
> + union {
> + struct xregs_state xsave;
Due to x86_perf_task_context_opt, what guarantees you're actually at the
required alignment here?
> + struct {
> + struct fxregs_state i387;
> + struct xstate_header header;
> + struct arch_lbr_state lbr;
> + };
> + };
> +};
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-19 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-19 14:03 [PATCH 00/21] Support Architectural LBR kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 01/21] x86/cpufeatures: Add Architectural LBRs feature bit kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 02/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Add pointers for LBR enable and disable kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 03/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Add pointer for LBR reset kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 04/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Add pointer for LBR read kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 05/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Add pointers for LBR save and restore kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 06/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Factor out a new struct for generic optimization kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 07/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Use dynamic data structure for task_ctx kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 08/21] x86/msr-index: Add bunch of MSRs for Arch LBR kan.liang
2020-06-19 19:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 09/21] perf/x86: Expose CPUID enumeration bits for arch LBR kan.liang
2020-06-19 18:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 10/21] perf/x86/intel: Check Arch LBR MSRs kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:03 ` [PATCH 11/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support LBR_CTL kan.liang
2020-06-19 18:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-19 19:15 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-19 19:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 12/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support Architectural LBR kan.liang
2020-06-19 19:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-19 19:40 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 13/21] perf/core: Factor out functions to allocate/free the task_ctx_data kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 14/21] perf/core: Use kmem_cache to allocate the PMU specific data kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 15/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Create kmem_cache for the LBR context data kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 16/21] perf/x86: Remove task_ctx_size kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 17/21] x86/fpu: Use proper mask to replace full instruction mask kan.liang
2020-06-19 19:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-22 14:52 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-22 15:02 ` Dave Hansen
2020-06-22 17:47 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-22 18:05 ` Dave Hansen
2020-06-22 18:46 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 18/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Support dynamic supervisor feature for LBR kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 19/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Add helpers for LBR dynamic supervisor feature kan.liang
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 20/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support XSAVES/XRSTORS for LBR context switch kan.liang
2020-06-19 19:41 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-06-19 22:28 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-19 14:04 ` [PATCH 21/21] perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support XSAVES for arch LBR read kan.liang
2020-06-22 18:49 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2020-06-22 19:11 ` Liang, Kan
2020-06-22 19:31 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
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