Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix spurious NMI on fixed counter

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Jul 05 2019 - 07:44:42 EST


On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 08:23:37AM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote:
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> On 6/25/2019 10:58 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 07:21:35AM -0700, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > If a user first sample a PEBS event on a fixed counter, then sample a
> > > non-PEBS event on the same fixed counter on Icelake, it will trigger
> > > spurious NMI. For example,
> > >
> > > perf record -e 'cycles:p' -a
> > > perf record -e 'cycles' -a
> > >
> > > The error message for spurious NMI.
> > >
> > > [June 21 15:38] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 30 on CPU 2.
> > > [ +0.000000] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
> > > [ +0.000000] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
> > >
> > > The issue was introduced by the following commit:
> > >
> > > commit 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")
> > >
> > > The commit moves the intel_pmu_pebs_disable() after
> > > intel_pmu_disable_fixed(), which returns immediately.
> > > The related bit of PEBS_ENABLE MSR will never be cleared for the fixed
> > > counter. Then a non-PEBS event runs on the fixed counter, but the bit
> > > on PEBS_ENABLE is still set, which trigger spurious NMI.
> > >
> > > Check and disable PEBS for fixed counter after intel_pmu_disable_fixed().
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Yi, Ammy <ammy.yi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Fixes: 6f55967ad9d9 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix race in intel_pmu_disable_event()")

> > oops, I overlooed this, looks good
> >
> > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Have it now, thanks!