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perf/x86: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

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Make the x86 perf code use the new common PMU interrupt disabled code.

Typically most x86 machines have working PMU interrupts, although
some older p6-class machines had this problem.

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1405161715560.11099@vincent-weaver-1.umelst.maine.edu
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Vince Weaver 2014-05-16 17:18:07 -04:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent edcb4d3c36
commit c184c980de
1 changed files with 9 additions and 9 deletions
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
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@ -303,15 +303,6 @@ int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
hwc->sample_period = x86_pmu.max_period;
hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
} else {
/*
* If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
* interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
* events (user-space has to fall back and
* sample via a hrtimer based software event):
*/
if (!x86_pmu.apic)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)
@ -1367,6 +1358,15 @@ static void __init pmu_check_apic(void)
x86_pmu.apic = 0;
pr_info("no APIC, boot with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
/*
* If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
* interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
* events (user-space has to fall back and
* sample via a hrtimer based software event):
*/
pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT;
}
static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_format_group = {