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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
index 9fd8a567fe1..9cbb710dc94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
@@ -609,16 +609,21 @@ static int setup_ibs_ctl(int ibs_eilvt_off)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * This runs only on the current cpu. We try to find an LVT offset and
+ * setup the local APIC. For this we must disable preemption. On
+ * success we initialize all nodes with this offset. This updates then
+ * the offset in the IBS_CTL per-node msr. The per-core APIC setup of
+ * the IBS interrupt vector is called from op_amd_setup_ctrs()/op_-
+ * amd_cpu_shutdown() using the new offset.
+ */
static int force_ibs_eilvt_setup(void)
{
int offset;
int ret;
- /*
- * find the next free available EILVT entry, skip offset 0,
- * pin search to this cpu
- */
preempt_disable();
+ /* find the next free available EILVT entry, skip offset 0 */
for (offset = 1; offset < APIC_EILVT_NR_MAX; offset++) {
if (get_eilvt(offset))
break;