Re: [PATCH V5 1/6] perf, x86: use the PEBS auto reload mechanism when possible

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Mar 30 2015 - 10:03:16 EST


On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 02:06:07PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 09:25:51AM -0500, Kan Liang wrote:
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> > @@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ void intel_pmu_pebs_enable(struct perf_event *event)
> > struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> >
> > hwc->config &= ~ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT;
> > + if (!event->attr.freq)
> > + hwc->flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD;
> >
> > cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << hwc->idx;
>
> Why not in x86_pmu_event_init()? This is not something that will change,
> ever, right?

intel_pmu_hw_config() would be the better place, as said in a later
email.
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