perf/x86: Blacklist all MEM_*_RETIRED events for Ivy Bridge
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Fri, 3 May 2013 12:11:23 +0000 (14:11 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Sat, 4 May 2013 06:37:46 +0000 (08:37 +0200)
Errata BV98 states that all MEM_*_RETIRED events corrupt the
counter value of the SMT sibling's counters. Blacklist these
events

Reported-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: eranian@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130503121256.083340271@chello.nl
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-jwra43mujrv1oq9xk6mfe57v@git.kernel.org
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c

index cc45deb791b01d103c01cbc527f8bfd023d51879..4a0a462d5e991ef8be9f119a80613aafddef698d 100644 (file)
@@ -125,10 +125,15 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_ivb_event_constraints[] __read_mostly =
        INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x08a3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.CYCLES_L1D_PENDING */
        INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0ca3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_L1D_PENDING */
        INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2), /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
-       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0xf), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
-       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
-       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
-       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0xf), /*  MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
+       /*
+        * Errata BV98 -- MEM_*_RETIRED events can leak between counters of SMT
+        * siblings; disable these events because they can corrupt unrelated
+        * counters.
+        */
+       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0x0), /* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
+       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
+       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0x0), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
        EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END
 };