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pmc_reprogram_counter() always sets a sample period based on the value of
pmc->counter. However, hsw_hw_config() rejects sample periods less than
2^31 - 1. So for example, if a KVM guest does
struct perf_event_attr attr;
memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
attr.type = PERF_TYPE_RAW;
attr.size = sizeof(attr);
attr.config = 0x2005101c4; // conditional branches retired IN_TXCP
attr.sample_period = 0;
int fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
the guest kernel counts some conditional branch events, then updates the
virtual PMU register with a nonzero count. The host reaches
pmc_reprogram_counter() with nonzero pmc->counter, triggers EOPNOTSUPP
in hsw_hw_config(), prints "kvm_pmu: event creation failed" in
pmc_reprogram_counter(), and silently (from the guest's point of view) stops
counting events.
We fix event counting by forcing attr.sample_period to always be zero for
in_tx_cp counters. Sampling doesn't work, but it already didn't work and
can't be fixed without major changes to the approach in hsw_hw_config().
Signed-off-by: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.