powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+

powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+

On POWER7+ two new bits (mmcra[35] and mmcra[36]) indicate whether the
contents of SIAR and SDAR are valid.

For marked instructions on P7+, we must save the contents of SIAR and
SDAR registers only if these new bits are set.

This code/check for the SIAR-Valid bit is specific to P7+, so rather than
waste a CPU-feature bit use the PVR flag.

Note that Carl Love proposed a similar change for oprofile:

        https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/22/309

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index fb55da91aa45..0db88f501f91 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ static inline int perf_intr_is_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int siar_valid(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
 
 /*
@@ -106,14 +111,20 @@ static inline unsigned long perf_ip_adjust(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * If we're not doing instruction sampling, give them the SDAR
  * (sampled data address).  If we are doing instruction sampling, then
  * only give them the SDAR if it corresponds to the instruction
- * pointed to by SIAR; this is indicated by the [POWER6_]MMCRA_SDSYNC
- * bit in MMCRA.
+ * pointed to by SIAR; this is indicated by the [POWER6_]MMCRA_SDSYNC or
+ * the [POWER7P_]MMCRA_SDAR_VALID bit in MMCRA.
  */
 static inline void perf_get_data_addr(struct pt_regs *regs, u64 *addrp)
 {
 	unsigned long mmcra = regs->dsisr;
-	unsigned long sdsync = (ppmu->flags & PPMU_ALT_SIPR) ?
-		POWER6_MMCRA_SDSYNC : MMCRA_SDSYNC;
+	unsigned long sdsync;
+
+	if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_SIAR_VALID)
+		sdsync = POWER7P_MMCRA_SDAR_VALID;
+	else if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_ALT_SIPR)
+		sdsync = POWER6_MMCRA_SDSYNC;
+	else
+		sdsync = MMCRA_SDSYNC;
 
 	if (!(mmcra & MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE) || (mmcra & sdsync))
 		*addrp = mfspr(SPRN_SDAR);
@@ -230,6 +241,24 @@ static inline int perf_intr_is_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return !regs->softe;
 }
 
+/*
+ * On processors like P7+ that have the SIAR-Valid bit, marked instructions
+ * must be sampled only if the SIAR-valid bit is set.
+ *
+ * For unmarked instructions and for processors that don't have the SIAR-Valid
+ * bit, assume that SIAR is valid.
+ */
+static inline int siar_valid(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long mmcra = regs->dsisr;
+	int marked = mmcra & MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE;
+
+	if ((ppmu->flags & PPMU_SIAR_VALID) && marked)
+		return mmcra & POWER7P_MMCRA_SIAR_VALID;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
 static void perf_event_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
@@ -1291,6 +1320,7 @@ struct pmu power_pmu = {
 	.event_idx	= power_pmu_event_idx,
 };
 
+
 /*
  * A counter has overflowed; update its count and record
  * things if requested.  Note that interrupts are hard-disabled
@@ -1324,7 +1354,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			left += period;
 			if (left <= 0)
 				left = period;
-			record = 1;
+			record = siar_valid(regs);
 			event->hw.last_period = event->hw.sample_period;
 		}
 		if (left < 0x80000000LL)
@@ -1374,8 +1404,10 @@ unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long use_siar = regs->result;
 
-	if (use_siar)
+	if (use_siar && siar_valid(regs))
 		return mfspr(SPRN_SIAR) + perf_ip_adjust(regs);
+	else if (use_siar)
+		return 0;		// no valid instruction pointer
 	else
 		return regs->nip;
 }