Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:21:26 -0400
From: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "fweisbec@gmail.com" <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] perf, x86: try to handle unknown nmis with running
 perfctrs
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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 03:10:07PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 12.08.10 00:00:58, Robert Richter wrote:
> > I was debuging this a little more, see version 2 below.
> 
> I was testing the patch further, it properly filters perfctr
> back-to-back nmis. I was able to reliable detect unknown nmis
> triggered by the nmi button during high load perf sessions with
> multiple counters, no false positives.

For my own curiousity, what type of high load perf sessions are you using
to test this.  I don't know perf well enough to have it generate events
across multiple perfctrs.

Thanks,
Don
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