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Intel CPUs have a new alternative MSR range (starting from MSR_IA32_PMC0) for GP counters that allows writing the full counter width. Enable this range from a new capability bit (IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES.FW_WRITE[bit 13]). The guest would query CPUID to get the counter width, and sign extends the counter values as needed. The traditional MSRs always limit to 32bit, even though the counter internally is larger (48 or 57 bits). When the new capability is set, use the alternative range which do not have these restrictions. This lowers the overhead of perf stat slightly because it has to do less interrupts to accumulate the counter value. Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com> Message-Id: <20200529074347.124619-3-like.xu@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.