From 4177c42a6301a34c20038ec2771a33dcc30bb338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Richter Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:07:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] perf, x86: Try to handle unknown nmis with an enabled PMU When the PMU is enabled it is valid to have unhandled nmis, two events could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs. If the first NMI handles both, the latter will be empty and daze the CPU. The solution to avoid an 'unknown nmi' massage in this case was simply to stop the nmi handler chain when the PMU is enabled by stating the nmi was handled. This has the drawback that a) we can not detect unknown nmis anymore, and b) subsequent nmi handlers are not called. This patch addresses this. Now, we check this unknown NMI if it could be a PMU back-to-back NMI. Otherwise we pass it and let the kernel handle the unknown nmi. This is a debug log: cpu #6, nmi #32333, skip_nmi #32330, handled = 1, time = 1934364430 cpu #6, nmi #32334, skip_nmi #32330, handled = 1, time = 1934704616 cpu #6, nmi #32335, skip_nmi #32336, handled = 2, time = 1936032320 cpu #6, nmi #32336, skip_nmi #32336, handled = 0, time = 1936034139 cpu #6, nmi #32337, skip_nmi #32336, handled = 1, time = 1936120100 cpu #6, nmi #32338, skip_nmi #32336, handled = 1, time = 1936404607 cpu #6, nmi #32339, skip_nmi #32336, handled = 1, time = 1937983416 cpu #6, nmi #32340, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 2, time = 1938201032 cpu #6, nmi #32341, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 0, time = 1938202830 cpu #6, nmi #32342, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 1, time = 1938443743 cpu #6, nmi #32343, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 1, time = 1939956552 cpu #6, nmi #32344, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 1, time = 1940073224 cpu #6, nmi #32345, skip_nmi #32341, handled = 1, time = 1940485677 cpu #6, nmi #32346, skip_nmi #32347, handled = 2, time = 1941947772 cpu #6, nmi #32347, skip_nmi #32347, handled = 1, time = 1941949818 cpu #6, nmi #32348, skip_nmi #32347, handled = 0, time = 1941951591 Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 00 on CPU 6. Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled? Dazed and confused, but trying to continue Deltas: nmi #32334 340186 nmi #32335 1327704 nmi #32336 1819 <<<< back-to-back nmi [1] nmi #32337 85961 nmi #32338 284507 nmi #32339 1578809 nmi #32340 217616 nmi #32341 1798 <<<< back-to-back nmi [2] nmi #32342 240913 nmi #32343 1512809 nmi #32344 116672 nmi #32345 412453 nmi #32346 1462095 <<<< 1st nmi (standard) handling 2 counters nmi #32347 2046 <<<< 2nd nmi (back-to-back) handling one counter nmi #32348 1773 <<<< 3rd nmi (back-to-back) handling no counter! [3] For back-to-back nmi detection there are the following rules: The PMU nmi handler was handling more than one counter and no counter was handled in the subsequent nmi (see [1] and [2] above). There is another case if there are two subsequent back-to-back nmis [3]. The 2nd is detected as back-to-back because the first handled more than one counter. If the second handles one counter and the 3rd handles nothing, we drop the 3rd nmi because it could be a back-to-back nmi. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra [ renamed nmi variable to pmu_nmi to avoid clash with .nmi in entry.S ] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: gorcunov@gmail.com Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com Cc: ying.huang@intel.com Cc: ming.m.lin@intel.com Cc: eranian@google.com LKML-Reference: <1283454469-1909-3-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c index f2da20fda02..3efdf2870a3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs) /* * event overflow */ - handled = 1; + handled++; data.period = event->hw.last_period; if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event)) @@ -1200,12 +1200,20 @@ void perf_events_lapic_init(void) apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI); } +struct pmu_nmi_state { + unsigned int marked; + int handled; +}; + +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pmu_nmi_state, pmu_nmi); + static int __kprobes perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd, void *__args) { struct die_args *args = __args; - struct pt_regs *regs; + unsigned int this_nmi; + int handled; if (!atomic_read(&active_events)) return NOTIFY_DONE; @@ -1214,22 +1222,47 @@ perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self, case DIE_NMI: case DIE_NMI_IPI: break; - + case DIE_NMIUNKNOWN: + this_nmi = percpu_read(irq_stat.__nmi_count); + if (this_nmi != __get_cpu_var(pmu_nmi).marked) + /* let the kernel handle the unknown nmi */ + return NOTIFY_DONE; + /* + * This one is a PMU back-to-back nmi. Two events + * trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back + * NMIs. If the first NMI handles both, the latter + * will be empty and daze the CPU. So, we drop it to + * avoid false-positive 'unknown nmi' messages. + */ + return NOTIFY_STOP; default: return NOTIFY_DONE; } - regs = args->regs; - apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI); - /* - * Can't rely on the handled return value to say it was our NMI, two - * events could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs. - * - * If the first NMI handles both, the latter will be empty and daze - * the CPU. - */ - x86_pmu.handle_irq(regs); + + handled = x86_pmu.handle_irq(args->regs); + if (!handled) + return NOTIFY_DONE; + + this_nmi = percpu_read(irq_stat.__nmi_count); + if ((handled > 1) || + /* the next nmi could be a back-to-back nmi */ + ((__get_cpu_var(pmu_nmi).marked == this_nmi) && + (__get_cpu_var(pmu_nmi).handled > 1))) { + /* + * We could have two subsequent back-to-back nmis: The + * first handles more than one counter, the 2nd + * handles only one counter and the 3rd handles no + * counter. + * + * This is the 2nd nmi because the previous was + * handling more than one counter. We will mark the + * next (3rd) and then drop it if unhandled. + */ + __get_cpu_var(pmu_nmi).marked = this_nmi + 1; + __get_cpu_var(pmu_nmi).handled = handled; + } return NOTIFY_STOP; } -- 2.20.1