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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2015-03-20 18:11:24 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-04-02 17:33:20 +0200
commitcd1f11de69226cc7ce7e7f22bdab9010103ddaa6 (patch)
tree6543b48a8b40ab87617790a9a40a5cc52ea1828b /arch
parentperf/x86/intel: Streamline LBR MSR handling in PMI (diff)
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perf/x86/intel: Avoid rewriting DEBUGCTL with the same value for LBRs
perf with LBRs on has a tendency to rewrite the DEBUGCTL MSR with the same value. Add a little optimization to skip the unnecessary write. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: eranian@google.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1426871484-21285-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index 3d537252f011..94e5b506caa6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_lbr_filter(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc);
static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(bool pmi)
{
struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
- u64 debugctl, lbr_select = 0;
+ u64 debugctl, lbr_select = 0, orig_debugctl;
/*
* No need to reprogram LBR_SELECT in a PMI, as it
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(bool pmi)
}
rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
+ orig_debugctl = debugctl;
debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR;
/*
* LBR callstack does not work well with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI.
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(bool pmi)
*/
if (!(lbr_select & LBR_CALL_STACK))
debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI;
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
+ if (orig_debugctl != debugctl)
+ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
}
static void __intel_pmu_lbr_disable(void)