kernel_optimize_test/arch/x86_64
Stephane Eranian 405e494d91 [PATCH] x86-64: x86_64 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2)
Hello,

This patch against 2.6.20-git14 makes the NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1
instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0 on processors supporting Intel architectural
perfmon, such as Intel Core 2. Although all PMU events can work on
both counters, the Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) requires that the
event be in PERFCTR0 to work correctly (see section 18.14.4.1 in the
IA32 SDM Vol 3b). This versions has 3 chunks compared to previous where
we had missed on check.

Changelog:
        - make the x86-64 NMI watchdog use PERFSEL1/PERFCTR1 instead of PERFSEL0/PERFCTR0
          on processors supporting the Intel architectural perfmon (e.g. Core 2 Duo).
          This allows PEBS to work when the NMI watchdog is active.

signed-off-by: stephane eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
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boot [PATCH] x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2 2007-04-02 12:14:12 +02:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Get rid of flags argument to setkey 2006-09-21 11:41:02 +10:00
ia32 [PATCH] x86-64: adjust inclusion of asm/vsyscall32.h 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
kernel [PATCH] x86-64: x86_64 make NMI use PERFCTR1 for architectural perfmon (take 2) 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
lib Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq 2007-02-26 14:17:50 -08:00
mm [PATCH] x86-64: Always flush all pages in change_page_attr 2007-04-24 13:05:37 +02:00
oprofile [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
pci [PATCH] mmconfig: fix unreachable_devices() 2007-02-13 13:26:20 +01:00
defconfig [PATCH] x86-64: Update defconfig 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
Kconfig [PATCH] time: x86_64: re-enable vsyscall support for x86_64 2007-02-16 08:14:00 -08:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, x86_64 support 2006-07-03 15:27:03 -07:00
Makefile Remove stack unwinder for now 2006-12-15 08:47:51 -08:00