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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf_event use rdpmc rather than rdmsr when possible in kernel
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On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 11:06 -0500, Vince Weaver wrote:
> > > + new_raw_count=native_read_pmc(hwc->event_base_rdpmc);
> >
> > That really wants to be rdpmc(), bypassing paravirt like that isn't
> > nice.
>
> I couldn't find another usable rdpmc() call in the kernel. Should I add
> one? I admit I hadn't thought that this might break VMs not expecting
> rdpmc calls from the kernel.

arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h

#define rdpmc(counter, low, high) \
do { \
u64 _l = native_read_pmc((counter)); \
(low) = (u32)_l; \
(high) = (u32)(_l >> 32); \
} while (0)



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