Re: [PATCH V4 03/16] perf, x86: use context switch callback to flush LBR stack

From: Yan, Zheng
Date: Thu Jul 03 2014 - 01:45:12 EST


On 07/02/2014 05:06 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 04:50:40PM +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
>> @@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_enable(struct perf_event *event)
>> return;
>>
>> /*
>> + * It is necessary to flush the stack on context switch. This happens
>> + * when the branch stack does not tag its entries with the pid of the
>> + * current task.
>
> Did you mean to say: "This happens _because_ the branch stack does not
> tag its entries with the pid of the current task." ?

yes. The comment is copied from comments of perf_branch_stack_sched_in()

Regards
Yan, Zheng

>
>> + */
>> + if (sched_in) {
>> + intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
>> + cpuc->lbr_context = ctx;
>> + }
>> +}

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