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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c index ec46eea0c4ed..eb00677ee2ae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -500,12 +500,17 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void) return true; bios_fail: - printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, using software events only.\n"); + /* + * We still allow the PMU driver to operate: + */ + printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor.\n"); printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val); - return false; + + return true; msr_fail: printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n"); + return false; } |