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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf/x86: Disable uncore on virtualized CPU.
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com> wrote:
> From: "Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
>
> Initializing uncore PMU on virtualized CPU may hang the kernel.
> This is because kvm does not emulate the entire hardware. Thers
> are lots of uncore related MSRs, making kvm enumerate them all
> is a non-trival task. So just disable uncore on virtualized CPU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
> index 0a55710..2f005ba 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
> @@ -2898,6 +2898,9 @@ static int __init intel_uncore_init(void)
> if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> + if (cpu_has_hypervisor)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> ret = uncore_pci_init();
> if (ret)
> goto fail;

Tested-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>


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