2017-12-12 20:47:45

by Megha Dey

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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] perf/x86/intel/bm.c: Add Intel Branch Monitoring support

On Mon, 2017-11-20 at 15:10 +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 05:54:05PM -0800, Megha Dey wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> > +/* Branch Monitoring default and mask values */
> > +#define BM_MAX_WINDOW_SIZE 0x3ff
> > +#define BM_MAX_THRESHOLD 0x7f
> > +#define BM_MAX_EVENTS 6
> > +#define BM_WINDOW_SIZE_SHIFT 8
> > +#define BM_THRESHOLD_SHIFT 8
> > +#define BM_EVENT_TYPE_SHIFT 1
> > +#define BM_GUEST_DISABLE_SHIFT 3
> > +#define BM_LBR_FREEZE_SHIFT 2
> > +#define BM_WINDOW_CNT_SEL_SHIFT 24
> > +#define BM_CNT_AND_MODE_SHIFT 26
> > +#define BM_MISPRED_EVT_CNT_SHIFT 15
> > +#define BM_ENABLE 0x3
> > +#define BM_CNTR_ENABLE 1
> > +
> > +static unsigned int bm_window_size = BM_MAX_WINDOW_SIZE;
> > +static unsigned int bm_guest_disable;
> > +static unsigned int bm_lbr_freeze;
> > +static unsigned int bm_window_cnt_sel;
> > +static unsigned int bm_cnt_and_mode;
> > +
> > +static unsigned int bm_threshold = BM_MAX_THRESHOLD;
> > +static unsigned int bm_mispred_evt_cnt;
> > +
> > +/* Branch monitoring counter owners */
> > +static struct perf_event **bm_counter_owner;
>
> that's still global.. 2 counters per system

Yes, you are right . I will amend this in the next patch set.
>
> jirka