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| author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2012-06-08 14:50:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-07-05 21:55:57 +0200 |
| commit | c93dc84cbe32435be3ffa2fbde355eff94955c32 (patch) | |
| tree | b650cfcea486aa0dd1612f187156c7b84fb97661 /arch/x86/include | |
| parent | f285f92f7e4c9af20149130c8fd5027131b39b0e (diff) | |
perf/x86: Add a microcode revision check for SNB-PEBS
Recent Intel microcode resolved the SNB-PEBS issues, so conditionally
enable PEBS on SNB hardware depending on the microcode revision.
Thanks to Stephane for figuring out the various microcode revisions.
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v3672ziwh9damwqwh1uz3krm@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h index ffdf5e0991c4..c78f14a0df00 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct perf_guest_switch_msr { extern struct perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr); extern void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap); +extern void perf_check_microcode(void); #else static inline perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr) { @@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ static inline void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap) } static inline void perf_events_lapic_init(void) { } +static inline void perf_check_microcode(void) { } #endif #if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD) |