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authorVince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>2014-05-16 17:18:07 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2014-06-05 12:30:03 +0200
commitc184c980de30dc5f6fec4b281928aa6743708da9 (patch)
treece5c7a76858eaa1a902acfd2148c9cc72531edf3 /arch/x86
parentedcb4d3c36a6429caa03ddfeab4cbb153c7002b2 (diff)
downloadlinux-c184c980de30dc5f6fec4b281928aa6743708da9.tar.bz2
perf/x86: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code
Make the x86 perf code use the new common PMU interrupt disabled code. Typically most x86 machines have working PMU interrupts, although some older p6-class machines had this problem. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1405161715560.11099@vincent-weaver-1.umelst.maine.edu Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 32029e35f2b9..2bdfbff8a4f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -303,15 +303,6 @@ int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
hwc->sample_period = x86_pmu.max_period;
hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
- } else {
- /*
- * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
- * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
- * events (user-space has to fall back and
- * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
- */
- if (!x86_pmu.apic)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)
@@ -1367,6 +1358,15 @@ static void __init pmu_check_apic(void)
x86_pmu.apic = 0;
pr_info("no APIC, boot with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
+
+ /*
+ * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
+ * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
+ * events (user-space has to fall back and
+ * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
+ */
+ pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT;
+
}
static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_format_group = {