Patch "powerpc/perf: Avoid FAB_*_MATCH checks for power9" has been added to the 4.10-stable tree

@@ -126,6 +126,28 @@ static unsigned long combine_shift(unsig
 	return MMCR1_COMBINE_SHIFT(pmc);
 }
 
+static inline bool event_is_threshold(u64 event)
+{
+	return (event >> EVENT_THR_SEL_SHIFT) & EVENT_THR_SEL_MASK;
+}
+
+static bool is_thresh_cmp_valid(u64 event)
+{
+	unsigned int cmp, exp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check the mantissa upper two bits are not zero, unless the
+	 * exponent is also zero. See the THRESH_CMP_MANTISSA doc.
+	 */
+	cmp = (event >> EVENT_THR_CMP_SHIFT) & EVENT_THR_CMP_MASK;
+	exp = cmp >> 7;
+
+	if (exp && (cmp & 0x60) == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 int isa207_get_constraint(u64 event, unsigned long *maskp, unsigned long *valp)
 {
 	unsigned int unit, pmc, cache, ebb;

@@ -192,28 +214,26 @@ int isa207_get_constraint(u64 event, uns
 		value |= CNST_SAMPLE_VAL(event >> EVENT_SAMPLE_SHIFT);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Special case for PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH and PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH_CYC,
-	 * the threshold control bits are used for the match value.
-	 */
-	if (event_is_fab_match(event)) {
-		mask  |= CNST_FAB_MATCH_MASK;
-		value |= CNST_FAB_MATCH_VAL(event >> EVENT_THR_CTL_SHIFT);
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))  {
+		if (event_is_threshold(event) && is_thresh_cmp_valid(event)) {
+			mask  |= CNST_THRESH_MASK;
+			value |= CNST_THRESH_VAL(event >> EVENT_THRESH_SHIFT);
+		}
 	} else {
 		/*
-		 * Check the mantissa upper two bits are not zero, unless the
-		 * exponent is also zero. See the THRESH_CMP_MANTISSA doc.
+		 * Special case for PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH and PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH_CYC,
+		 * the threshold control bits are used for the match value.
 		 */
-		unsigned int cmp, exp;
-
-		cmp = (event >> EVENT_THR_CMP_SHIFT) & EVENT_THR_CMP_MASK;
-		exp = cmp >> 7;
-
-		if (exp && (cmp & 0x60) == 0)
-			return -1;
+		if (event_is_fab_match(event)) {
+			mask  |= CNST_FAB_MATCH_MASK;
+			value |= CNST_FAB_MATCH_VAL(event >> EVENT_THR_CTL_SHIFT);
+		} else {
+			if (!is_thresh_cmp_valid(event))
+				return -1;
 
-		mask  |= CNST_THRESH_MASK;
-		value |= CNST_THRESH_VAL(event >> EVENT_THRESH_SHIFT);
+			mask  |= CNST_THRESH_MASK;
+			value |= CNST_THRESH_VAL(event >> EVENT_THRESH_SHIFT);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!pmc && ebb)

@@ -308,7 +328,7 @@ int isa207_compute_mmcr(u64 event[], int
 		 * PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH and PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH_CYC,
 		 * the threshold bits are used for the match value.
 		 */
-		if (event_is_fab_match(event[i])) {
+		if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300) && event_is_fab_match(event[i])) {
 			mmcr1 |= ((event[i] >> EVENT_THR_CTL_SHIFT) &
 				  EVENT_THR_CTL_MASK) << MMCR1_FAB_SHIFT;
 		} else {

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
  *   | | [ ]                       [ ] [      thresh_cmp     ]   [  thresh_ctl   ]
  *   | |  |                         |                                     |
- *   | |  *- IFM (Linux)            |    thresh start/stop OR FAB match -*
+ *   | |  *- IFM (Linux)            |	               thresh start/stop -*
  *   | *- BHRB (Linux)              *sm
  *   *- EBB (Linux)
  *

@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@
  * MMCR1[31]   = pmc4combine[1]
  *
  * if pmc == 3 and unit == 0 and pmcxsel[0:6] == 0b0101011
- *	# PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH
- *	MMCR1[20:27] = thresh_ctl   (FAB_CRESP_MATCH / FAB_TYPE_MATCH)
+ *	MMCR1[20:27] = thresh_ctl
  * else if pmc == 4 and unit == 0xf and pmcxsel[0:6] == 0b0101001
- *	# PM_MRK_FAB_RSP_MATCH_CYC
- *	MMCR1[20:27] = thresh_ctl   (FAB_CRESP_MATCH / FAB_TYPE_MATCH)
+ *	MMCR1[20:27] = thresh_ctl
  * else
  *	MMCRA[48:55] = thresh_ctl   (THRESH START/END)
  *