linux/arch/x86
Stephane Eranian daa864b8f8 perf/x86/pebs: Fix handling of PEBS buffer overflows
This patch solves a race condition between PEBS and the PMU handler.

In case multiple PEBS events are sampled at the same time,
it is possible to have GLOBAL_STATUS bit 62 set indicating
PEBS buffer overflow and also seeing at most 3 PEBS counters
having their bits set in the status register. This is a sign
that there was at least one PEBS record pending at the time
of the PMU interrupt. PEBS counters must only be processed
via the drain_pebs() calls, and not via the regular sample
processing loop coming after that the function, otherwise
phony regular samples may be generated in the sampling buffer
not marked with the EXACT tag.

Another possibility is to have one PEBS event and at least
one non-PEBS event whic hoverflows while PEBS has armed. In this
case, bit 62 of GLOBAL_STATUS will not be set, yet the overflow
status bit for the PEBS counter will be on Skylake.

To avoid this problem, we systematically ignore the PEBS-enabled
counters from the GLOBAL_STATUS mask and we always process PEBS
events via drain_pebs().

The problem manifested itself by having non-exact samples when
sampling only PEBS events, i.e., the PERF_SAMPLE_RECORD would
not have the EXACT flag set.

Note that this problem is only present on Skylake processor.
This fix is harmless on older processors.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.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: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1482395366-8992-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-12-22 17:45:36 +01:00
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boot Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 14:13:30 -08:00
configs IOMMU Updates for Linux v4.9 2016-10-11 12:52:41 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' into x86/fpu, to resolve conflicts 2016-11-23 07:18:09 +01:00
entry Merge branch 'linus' into x86/asm, to pick up fixes 2016-11-01 07:41:06 +01:00
events perf/x86/pebs: Fix handling of PEBS buffer overflows 2016-12-22 17:45:36 +01:00
ia32 x86/signal: Add SA_{X32,IA32}_ABI sa_flags 2016-09-14 21:28:11 +02:00
include Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 19:25:04 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-12-12 20:50:02 -08:00
kvm Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 14:27:49 -08:00
lguest x86/fpu: Remove clts() 2016-11-01 07:47:55 +01:00
lib Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 13:49:57 -08:00
math-emu Merge branch 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 21:05:40 -08:00
mm Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 14:27:49 -08:00
net bpf: xdp: Allow head adjustment in XDP prog 2016-12-08 14:25:13 -05:00
oprofile x86/oprofile/nmi: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-11-22 23:34:43 +01:00
pci x86/pci/amd-bus: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-11-22 23:34:43 +01:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 15:29:06 -08:00
power x86/asm: Get rid of __read_cr4_safe() 2016-09-30 12:40:12 +02:00
purgatory x86/kexec: add -fno-PIE 2016-11-09 22:28:09 +01:00
ras x86/RAS: Add TSC timestamp to the injected MCE 2016-11-08 17:10:13 +01:00
realmode x86/build: Don't use $(LINUXINCLUDE) twice 2016-11-28 07:49:17 +01:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 13:49:57 -08:00
um locking/core: Provide common cpu_relax_yield() definition 2016-11-17 08:17:36 +01:00
video x86/video: Don't assume all FB devices are PCI devices 2016-03-15 11:08:26 +01:00
xen Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 14:27:49 -08:00
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Kbuild perf/x86: Move perf_event.c ............... => x86/events/core.c 2016-02-09 10:23:49 +01:00
Kconfig These are the documentation changes for 4.10. 2016-12-12 21:58:13 -08:00
Kconfig.cpu x86/Kconfig/cpus: Fix/complete CPU type help texts 2015-10-21 11:12:56 +02:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
Makefile lib/raid6: Add AVX512 optimized gen_syndrome functions 2016-09-21 09:09:44 -07:00
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