提交 d0e1a507 编写于 作者: J Jiri Olsa 提交者: Ingo Molnar

perf/x86/intel: Disable check_msr for real HW

Tom Vaden reported false failure of the check_msr() function, because
some servers can do POST tracing and enable LBR tracing during
bootup.

Kan confirmed that check_msr patch was to fix a bug report in
guest, so it's ok to disable it for real HW.
Reported-by: NTom Vaden <tom.vaden@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: NJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: NTom Vaden <tom.vaden@hpe.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Liang Kan <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190616141313.GD2500@krava
[ Readability edits. ]
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
上级 b7c9b392
......@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <asm/intel-family.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include "../perf_event.h"
......@@ -4050,6 +4051,13 @@ static bool check_msr(unsigned long msr, u64 mask)
{
u64 val_old, val_new, val_tmp;
/*
* Disable the check for real HW, so we don't
* mess with potentionaly enabled registers:
*/
if (hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_NATIVE))
return true;
/*
* Read the current value, change it and read it back to see if it
* matches, this is needed to detect certain hardware emulators
......
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