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PATCH 1/1 perf/x86/intel: Limit the period on Haswell

From: Kan Liang <[email protected]>

Running the ltp test cve-2015-3290 concurrently reports the following warnings.

perfevents: irq loop stuck!

  WARNING: CPU: 31 PID: 32438 at arch/x86/events/intel/core.c:3174
  intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
  Call Trace:
   <NMI>
   ? __warn+0xa4/0x220
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? __report_bug+0x123/0x130
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? __report_bug+0x123/0x130
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? report_bug+0x3e/0xa0
   ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
   ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x50
   ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
   ? irq_work_claim+0x1e/0x40
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   perf_event_nmi_handler+0x3d/0x60
   nmi_handle+0x104/0x330

Thanks to Thomas Gleixner's analysis, the issue is caused by the low initial period (1) of the frequency estimation algorithm, which triggers the defects of the HW, specifically erratum HSW11 and HSW143. (For the details, please refer https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87plq9l5d2.ffs@tglx/)

The HSW11 requires a period larger than 100 for the INST_RETIRED.ALL event, but the initial period in the freq mode is 1. The erratum is the same as the BDM11, which has been supported in the kernel. A minimum period of 128 is enforced as well on HSW.

HSW143 is regarding that the fixed counter 1 may overcount 32 with the Hyper-Threading is enabled. However, based on the test, the hardware has more issues than it tells. Besides the fixed counter 1, the message 'interrupt took too long' can be observed on any counter which was armed with a period < 32 and two events expired in the same NMI. A minimum period of 32 is enforced for the rest of the events.
The recommended workaround code of the HSW143 is not implemented. Because it only addresses the issue for the fixed counter. It brings extra overhead through extra MSR writing. No related overcounting issue has been reported so far.

Fixes 3a632cb229bf ("perf/x86/intel: Add simple Haswell PMU support")
Cc Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c +21 -2
index e8bd45556c30..605ed19043ed 100644
@@ -4634,6 +4634,25 @@ static enum hybrid_cpu_type adl_get_hybrid_cpu_type(void)
 	return HYBRID_INTEL_CORE;
 }
 
+static inline bool erratum_hsw11(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return (event->hw.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
+		X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0, .umask=0x01);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The HSW11 requires a period larger than 100 which is the same as the BDM11.
+ * A minimum period of 128 is enforced as well for the INST_RETIRED.ALL.
+ *
+ * The message 'interrupt took too long' can be observed on any counter which
+ * was armed with a period < 32 and two events expired in the same NMI.
+ * A minimum period of 32 is enforced for the rest of the events.
+ */
+static void hsw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, s64 *left)
+{
+	*left = max(*left, erratum_hsw11(event) ? 128 : 32);
+}
+
 /*
  * Broadwell:
  *
@@ -4651,8 +4670,7 @@ static enum hybrid_cpu_type adl_get_hybrid_cpu_type(void)
  */
 static void bdw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, s64 *left)
 {
-	if ((event->hw.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
-			X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0, .umask=0x01)) {
+	if (erratum_hsw11(event)) {
 		if (*left < 128)
 			*left = 128;
 		*left &= ~0x3fULL;
@@ -6821,6 +6839,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 
 		x86_pmu.hw_config = hsw_hw_config;
 		x86_pmu.get_event_constraints = hsw_get_event_constraints;
+		x86_pmu.limit_period = hsw_limit_period;
 		x86_pmu.lbr_double_abort = true;
 		extra_attr = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM) ?
 			hsw_format_attr : nhm_format_attr;
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The following commit has been merged into the perf/urgent branch of tip:

The following commit has been merged into the perf/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     25dfc9e357af8aed1ca79b318a73f2c59c1f0b2b
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/25dfc9e357af8aed1ca79b318a73f2c59c1f0b2b
Author:        Kan Liang <[email protected]>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:30:04 -07:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
CommitterDate: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:49:05 +02:00

perf/x86/intel: Limit the period on Haswell

Running the ltp test cve-2015-3290 concurrently reports the following warnings.

perfevents: irq loop stuck!

  WARNING: CPU: 31 PID: 32438 at arch/x86/events/intel/core.c:3174
  intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
  Call Trace:
   <NMI>
   ? __warn+0xa4/0x220
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? __report_bug+0x123/0x130
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? __report_bug+0x123/0x130
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   ? report_bug+0x3e/0xa0
   ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
   ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x50
   ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
   ? irq_work_claim+0x1e/0x40
   ? intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x285/0x370
   perf_event_nmi_handler+0x3d/0x60
   nmi_handle+0x104/0x330

Thanks to Thomas Gleixner's analysis, the issue is caused by the low initial period (1) of the frequency estimation algorithm, which triggers the defects of the HW, specifically erratum HSW11 and HSW143. (For the details, please refer https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87plq9l5d2.ffs@tglx/)

The HSW11 requires a period larger than 100 for the INST_RETIRED.ALL event, but the initial period in the freq mode is 1. The erratum is the same as the BDM11, which has been supported in the kernel. A minimum period of 128 is enforced as well on HSW.

HSW143 is regarding that the fixed counter 1 may overcount 32 with the Hyper-Threading is enabled. However, based on the test, the hardware has more issues than it tells. Besides the fixed counter 1, the message 'interrupt took too long' can be observed on any counter which was armed with a period < 32 and two events expired in the same NMI. A minimum period of 32 is enforced for the rest of the events.
The recommended workaround code of the HSW143 is not implemented. Because it only addresses the issue for the fixed counter. It brings extra overhead through extra MSR writing. No related overcounting issue has been reported so far.

---
 arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c +21 -2
index 0c9c270..9e519d8 100644
@@ -4589,6 +4589,25 @@ static enum hybrid_cpu_type adl_get_hybrid_cpu_type(void)
 	return HYBRID_INTEL_CORE;
 }
 
+static inline bool erratum_hsw11(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return (event->hw.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
+		X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0, .umask=0x01);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The HSW11 requires a period larger than 100 which is the same as the BDM11.
+ * A minimum period of 128 is enforced as well for the INST_RETIRED.ALL.
+ *
+ * The message 'interrupt took too long' can be observed on any counter which
+ * was armed with a period < 32 and two events expired in the same NMI.
+ * A minimum period of 32 is enforced for the rest of the events.
+ */
+static void hsw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, s64 *left)
+{
+	*left = max(*left, erratum_hsw11(event) ? 128 : 32);
+}
+
 /*
  * Broadwell:
  *
@@ -4606,8 +4625,7 @@ static enum hybrid_cpu_type adl_get_hybrid_cpu_type(void)
  */
 static void bdw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, s64 *left)
 {
-	if ((event->hw.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
-			X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0, .umask=0x01)) {
+	if (erratum_hsw11(event)) {
 		if (*left < 128)
 			*left = 128;
 		*left &= ~0x3fULL;
@@ -6766,6 +6784,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 
 		x86_pmu.hw_config = hsw_hw_config;
 		x86_pmu.get_event_constraints = hsw_get_event_constraints;
+		x86_pmu.limit_period = hsw_limit_period;
 		x86_pmu.lbr_double_abort = true;
 		extra_attr = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM) ?
 			hsw_format_attr : nhm_format_attr;