From f4d9757ca6f5a2db6919a5b1ab86b8afa16773d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 00:00:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Document PQR MSR abuse The CQM code acts like it owns the PQR MSR completely. That's not true because only the lower 10 bits are used for CQM. The upper 32 bits are used for the 'CLass Of Service ID' (CLOSID). Document the abuse. Will be fixed in a later patch. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Matt Fleming Cc: Kanaka Juvva Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Vikas Shivappa Cc: Will Auld Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150518235149.823214798@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c index e4d1b8b738fa..572582e2143e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c @@ -978,7 +978,12 @@ static void intel_cqm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int mode) WARN_ON_ONCE(state->rmid); state->rmid = rmid; - wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, state->rmid); + /* + * This is actually wrong, as the upper 32 bit MSR contain the + * closid which is used for configuring the Cache Allocation + * Technology component. + */ + wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, rmid, 0); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->lock, flags); } @@ -998,7 +1003,13 @@ static void intel_cqm_event_stop(struct perf_event *event, int mode) if (!--state->cnt) { state->rmid = 0; - wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, 0); + /* + * This is actually wrong, as the upper 32 bit of the + * MSR contain the closid which is used for + * configuring the Cache Allocation Technology + * component. + */ + wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC, 0, 0); } else { WARN_ON_ONCE(!state->rmid); } -- 2.20.1