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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/6] perf, x86: Basic Haswell LBR call stack support
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:33:36PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 14:11 +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
> > + /* LBR callstack does not work well with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI */
> > + if (!cpuc->lbr_sel || !(cpuc->lbr_sel->config & LBR_CALL_STACK))
> > + debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI;
>
> How useful it is without this? How many calls between PMI and us getting
> to intel_pmu_lbr_read()?

We use it only for ring 3. For ring 0 we assume frame pointer or
dwarf information.

So the CPL filter acts as the freeze.

-andi

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


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