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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2012-03-06 17:33:17 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2012-03-07 09:40:48 +0000
commit5727347180ebc6b4a866fcbe00dcb39cc03acb37 (patch)
treeed27e4b37407917d2f9813a4684cceb64f0d6f93 /arch/arm
parent81caaf2503be8fbb738ea4f124063dcc24958397 (diff)
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ARM: 7354/1: perf: limit sample_period to half max_period in non-sampling mode
On ARM, the PMU does not stop counting after an overflow and therefore IRQ latency affects the new counter value read by the kernel. This is significant for non-sampling runs where it is possible for the new value to overtake the previous one, causing the delta to be out by up to max_period events. Commit a737823d ("ARM: 6835/1: perf: ensure overflows aren't missed due to IRQ latency") attempted to fix this problem by allowing interrupt handlers to pass an overflow flag to the event update function, causing the overflow calculation to assume that the counter passed through zero when going from prev to new. Unfortunately, this doesn't work when overflow occurs on the perf_task_tick path because we have the flag cleared and end up computing a large negative delta. This patch removes the overflow flag from armpmu_event_update and instead limits the sample_period to half of the max_period for non-sampling profiling runs. Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c22
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c4
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
index b5a5be2536c1..90114faa9f3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int __init armpmu_register(struct arm_pmu *armpmu, char *name, int type);
u64 armpmu_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
struct hw_perf_event *hwc,
- int idx, int overflow);
+ int idx);
int armpmu_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event,
struct hw_perf_event *hwc,
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 5bb91bf3d47f..56173ae16448 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ armpmu_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event,
u64
armpmu_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
struct hw_perf_event *hwc,
- int idx, int overflow)
+ int idx)
{
struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(event->pmu);
u64 delta, prev_raw_count, new_raw_count;
@@ -193,13 +193,7 @@ again:
new_raw_count) != prev_raw_count)
goto again;
- new_raw_count &= armpmu->max_period;
- prev_raw_count &= armpmu->max_period;
-
- if (overflow)
- delta = armpmu->max_period - prev_raw_count + new_raw_count + 1;
- else
- delta = new_raw_count - prev_raw_count;
+ delta = (new_raw_count - prev_raw_count) & armpmu->max_period;
local64_add(delta, &event->count);
local64_sub(delta, &hwc->period_left);
@@ -216,7 +210,7 @@ armpmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
if (hwc->idx < 0)
return;
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, hwc->idx, 0);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, hwc->idx);
}
static void
@@ -232,7 +226,7 @@ armpmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
if (!(hwc->state & PERF_HES_STOPPED)) {
armpmu->disable(hwc, hwc->idx);
barrier(); /* why? */
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, hwc->idx, 0);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, hwc->idx);
hwc->state |= PERF_HES_STOPPED | PERF_HES_UPTODATE;
}
}
@@ -518,7 +512,13 @@ __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
hwc->config_base |= (unsigned long)mapping;
if (!hwc->sample_period) {
- hwc->sample_period = armpmu->max_period;
+ /*
+ * For non-sampling runs, limit the sample_period to half
+ * of the counter width. That way, the new counter value
+ * is far less likely to overtake the previous one unless
+ * you have some serious IRQ latency issues.
+ */
+ hwc->sample_period = armpmu->max_period >> 1;
hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c
index 533be9930ec2..88bf15253fbd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ armv6pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num,
continue;
hwc = &event->hw;
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx, 1);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
data.period = event->hw.last_period;
if (!armpmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
continue;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
index 6933244c68f9..6f488610f8fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static irqreturn_t armv7pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num, void *dev)
continue;
hwc = &event->hw;
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx, 1);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
data.period = event->hw.last_period;
if (!armpmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
continue;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
index 3b99d8269829..831e019b017c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ xscale1pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num, void *dev)
continue;
hwc = &event->hw;
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx, 1);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
data.period = event->hw.last_period;
if (!armpmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
continue;
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ xscale2pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num, void *dev)
continue;
hwc = &event->hw;
- armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx, 1);
+ armpmu_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
data.period = event->hw.last_period;
if (!armpmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
continue;