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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-12 13:16:52 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-12 13:16:52 -0700
commit4ddbac98980fe0a42cf57af5d1032e024aced6a1 (patch)
tree341d152dc1f9427d70d5b1fadafca61d22baacbb /arch/x86
parent02a99ed6207e9a1d787bb360ef97de023c7edf4a (diff)
parent018df72dd01576ab199c6129233cdeaf1409958b (diff)
downloadlinux-4ddbac98980fe0a42cf57af5d1032e024aced6a1.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf_counter: Start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirements perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibility perf record: Explicity program a default counter perf_counter: Remove PERF_TYPE_RAW special casing perf_counter: PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE is a hardware counter too powerpc, perf_counter: Fix performance counter event types perf_counter/x86: Add a quirk for Atom processors perf_counter tools: Remove one L1-data alias
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index 895c82e78455..275bc142cd5d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -968,6 +968,13 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
if (!x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)
return -1;
+ /*
+ * Quirk, IA32_FIXED_CTRs do not work on current Atom processors:
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 28)
+ return -1;
+
event = hwc->config & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENT_MASK;
if (unlikely(event == x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS)))