powerpc/cputable: fix oprofile_cpu_type on power8
PATCH 1/1 powerpc/cputable: fix oprofile_cpu_type on power8
Maynard informed me that neither the oprofile kernel module nor oprofile userspace has been updated to support that "legacy" oprofile module interface for power8, which is indicated by "ppc64/power8." This results in no samples. The solution is to default to the "timer" type, instead. The raw entry also should be updated, as "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1" indicates to oprofile userspace to use "compatibility events" which are obsolete in ISA 2.07.
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Ben, if this seems reasonable to you, it would be great to get this into 3.10.
arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c +2 -2
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .icache_bsize = 128, .dcache_bsize = 128, .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, - .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1", + .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .dcache_bsize = 128, .num_pmcs = 6, .pmc_type = PPC_PMC_IBM, - .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/power8", + .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8,
Benh and Nish,
This breaks all perf HW events on POWER8.
Please revert this. It's 2ac6f427ad837a69561160b282eff80d9f0c2466 upstream.
Noticed by mpe.
Mikey
Quoted 42 lines · Nishanth Aravamudan
Maynard informed me that neither the oprofile kernel module nor oprofile userspace has been updated to support that "legacy" oprofile module interface for power8, which is indicated by "ppc64/power8." This results in no samples. The solution is to default to the "timer" type, instead. The raw entry also should be updated, as "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1" indicates to oprofile userspace to use "compatibility events" which are obsolete in ISA 2.07.
Signed-off-by Nishanth Aravamudan <[email protected]>---
Ben, if this seems reasonable to you, it would be great to get this into 3.10.arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c +2
-2@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .icache_bsize = 128, .dcache_bsize = 128, .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, - .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1", + .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .dcache_bsize = 128, .num_pmcs = 6, .pmc_type = PPC_PMC_IBM, - .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/power8", + .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8,_______________________________________________
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PATCH 1/1 powerpc/cputable: fix oprofile_cpu_type on power8
In 2ac6f42 powerpc/cputable: Fix oprofile_cpu_type on power8 we broke all power8 hw events.
This reverts this change and uses oprofile_type instead. Perf now works on POWER8 again and oprofile will revert to using timers on POWER8.
Kudos to mpe this fix.
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tag: for-3.10
benh: disregard my previous revert request and apply this instead
arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c +4 -4
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .mmu_features = MMU_FTRS_POWER8, .icache_bsize = 128, .dcache_bsize = 128, - .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, - .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, + .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_INVALID, + .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1", .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .dcache_bsize = 128, .num_pmcs = 6, .pmc_type = PPC_PMC_IBM, - .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, - .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, + .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/power8", + .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_INVALID, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",
PATCH 1/1 powerpc/power8: Fix oprofile and perf
In reply to Michael NeulingIn 2ac6f42 powerpc/cputable: Fix oprofile_cpu_type on power8 we broke all power8 hw events.
This reverts this change and uses oprofile_type instead. Perf now works on POWER8 again and oprofile will revert to using timers on POWER8.
Kudos to mpe this fix.
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tag: for-3.10
v2: renamed patch
arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c +4 -4
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .mmu_features = MMU_FTRS_POWER8, .icache_bsize = 128, .dcache_bsize = 128, - .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, - .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, + .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_INVALID, + .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/ibm-compat-v1", .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = { .dcache_bsize = 128, .num_pmcs = 6, .pmc_type = PPC_PMC_IBM, - .oprofile_cpu_type = 0, - .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_POWER4, + .oprofile_cpu_type = "ppc64/power8", + .oprofile_type = PPC_OPROFILE_INVALID, .cpu_setup = __setup_cpu_power8, .cpu_restore = __restore_cpu_power8, .platform = "power8",