[ Upstream commit 583feb08e7f7ac9d533b446882eb3a54737a6dbb ] When an event is programmed with attr.wakeup_events=N (N>0), it means the caller is interested in getting a user level notification after N samples have been recorded in the kernel sampling buffer.
With precise events on Intel processors, the kernel uses PEBS. The kernel tries minimize sampling overhead by verifying if the event configuration is compatible with multi-entry PEBS mode. If so, the kernel is notified only when the buffer has reached its threshold. Other PEBS operates in single-entry mode, the kenrel is notified for each PEBS sample. The problem is that the current implementation look at frequency mode and event sample_type but ignores the wakeup_events field. Thus, it may not be possible to receive a notification after each precise event. This patch fixes this problem by disabling multi-entry PEBS if wakeup_events is non-zero. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c index 3dd204d1dd194..26432ee4590e3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c @@ -3068,7 +3068,7 @@ static int intel_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event) return ret; if (event->attr.precise_ip) { - if (!event->attr.freq) { + if (!(event->attr.freq || event->attr.wakeup_events)) { event->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD; if (!(event->attr.sample_type & ~intel_pmu_large_pebs_flags(event))) -- 2.20.1
