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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c27
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 854ed5ca7e3f..f7735a125f4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1848,6 +1848,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
CPU specific event set.
+ timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
+ timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
+ for generic hr timer mode)
oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
process, but there is a small probability of
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index 68894fdc034b..7ca4d43e8988 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -613,24 +613,36 @@ static int __init p4_init(char **cpu_type)
return 0;
}
-static int force_arch_perfmon;
-static int force_cpu_type(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp)
+enum __force_cpu_type {
+ reserved = 0, /* do not force */
+ timer,
+ arch_perfmon,
+};
+
+static int force_cpu_type;
+
+static int set_cpu_type(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp)
{
- if (!strcmp(str, "arch_perfmon")) {
- force_arch_perfmon = 1;
+ if (!strcmp(str, "timer")) {
+ force_cpu_type = timer;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: forcing NMI timer mode\n");
+ } else if (!strcmp(str, "arch_perfmon")) {
+ force_cpu_type = arch_perfmon;
printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: forcing architectural perfmon\n");
+ } else {
+ force_cpu_type = 0;
}
return 0;
}
-module_param_call(cpu_type, force_cpu_type, NULL, NULL, 0);
+module_param_call(cpu_type, set_cpu_type, NULL, NULL, 0);
static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type)
{
__u8 cpu_model = boot_cpu_data.x86_model;
struct op_x86_model_spec *spec = &op_ppro_spec; /* default */
- if (force_arch_perfmon && cpu_has_arch_perfmon)
+ if (force_cpu_type == arch_perfmon && cpu_has_arch_perfmon)
return 0;
/*
@@ -697,6 +709,9 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
if (!cpu_has_apic)
return -ENODEV;
+ if (force_cpu_type == timer)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
switch (vendor) {
case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
/* Needs to be at least an Athlon (or hammer in 32bit mode) */