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Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.4 096/162] perf intel-pt: Do not use TSC packets
 for calculating CPU cycles to TSC
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From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 38b65b0891dc129dc0a5ce148a21c481e667b395 ]

CBR (core-to-bus ratio) packets provide an indication of CPU frequency. A
more accurate measure can be made by counting the cycles (given by CYC
packets) in between other timing packets (either MTC or TSC). Using TSC
packets has at least 2 issues: 1) timing might have stopped (e.g. mwait) or
2) TSC packets within PSB+ might slip past CYC packets. For now, simply do
not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC. That leaves the case
where 2 MTC packets are used, otherwise falling back to the CBR value.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-37-git-send-email-adrian.hu=
nter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/pe=
rf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index eeeae0629ad3..fbfe97dcdaf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -696,6 +696,12 @@ static int intel_pt_calc_cyc_cb(struct intel_pt_pkt_in=
fo *pkt_info)
 		break;
=20
 	case INTEL_PT_TSC:
+		/*
+		 * For now, do not support using TSC packets - refer
+		 * intel_pt_calc_cyc_to_tsc().
+		 */
+		if (data->from_mtc)
+			return 1;
 		timestamp =3D pkt_info->packet.payload |
 			    (data->timestamp & (0xffULL << 56));
 		if (data->from_mtc && timestamp < data->timestamp &&
@@ -808,6 +814,14 @@ static void intel_pt_calc_cyc_to_tsc(struct intel_pt_d=
ecoder *decoder,
 		.cbr_cyc_to_tsc =3D 0,
 	};
=20
+	/*
+	 * For now, do not support using TSC packets for at least the reasons:
+	 * 1) timing might have stopped
+	 * 2) TSC packets within PSB+ can slip against CYC packets
+	 */
+	if (!from_mtc)
+		return;
+
 	intel_pt_pkt_lookahead(decoder, intel_pt_calc_cyc_cb, &data);
 }
=20
--=20
2.15.1