Re: [PATCH] oprofile: don't set counter width from cpuid on core2

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Mar 03 2009 - 06:06:11 EST



* Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 19.02.09 17:34:03, Tim Blechmann wrote:
> > resetting the counter width of the performance counters on intel's
> > core2, breaks the delivery of NMIs, when running in x86_64 mode.
> >
> > this should fix bug #12395:
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12395
>
> Applied to oprofile/fixes. Thanks Tim.
>
> Ingo, please pull from
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile.git fixes
>
> for v2.6.29-rc7.

Pulled, thanks a lot Robert!

Note: i amended the commit to add a tag for the .28 backport
[this fix is .28.x relevant] and to fix a few small details
(removed the goto, etc.).

Ingo
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