On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 11:34:14PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> +
> +     /*
> +      * Modify static constraint with current dynamic
> +      * state of thread
> +      *
> +      * EXCLUSIVE: sibling counter measuring exclusive event
> +      * SHARED   : sibling counter measuring non-exclusive event
> +      * UNUSED   : sibling counter unused
> +      */
> +     for_each_set_bit(i, cx->idxmsk, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
> +             /*
> +              * exclusive event in sibling counter
> +              * our corresponding counter cannot be used
> +              * regardless of our event
> +              */
> +             if (xl->state[i] == INTEL_EXCL_EXCLUSIVE)
> +                     __clear_bit(i, cx->idxmsk);
> +             /*
> +              * if measuring an exclusive event, sibling
> +              * measuring non-exclusive, then counter cannot
> +              * be used
> +              */
> +             if (is_excl && xl->state[i] == INTEL_EXCL_SHARED)
> +                     __clear_bit(i, cx->idxmsk);
> +     }
> +
> +     /*
> +      * recompute actual bit weight for scheduling algorithm
> +      */
> +     cx->weight = hweight64(cx->idxmsk64);

So I think we talked about this a bit; what happens if CPU0 (taking your
4 core HSW-client) is first to program its counters and takes all 4 in
exclusive mode?

Then there's none left for CPU4.

Did I miss where we avoid that problem, or is that an actual issue?

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