perf/x86: Disable LBR support for older Intel Atom processors

The patch adds a restriction for Intel Atom LBR support. Only
steppings 10 (PineView) and more recent are supported. Older models
do not have a functional LBR. Their LBR does not freeze on PMU
interrupt which makes LBR unusable in the context of perf_events.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-7-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Stephane Eranian 2012-02-09 23:20:56 +01:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent c5cc2cd906
commit 88c9a65e13
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@ -315,6 +315,16 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_init_snb(void)
/* atom */
void intel_pmu_lbr_init_atom(void)
{
/*
* only models starting at stepping 10 seems
* to have an operational LBR which can freeze
* on PMU interrupt
*/
if (boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 10) {
pr_cont("LBR disabled due to erratum");
return;
}
x86_pmu.lbr_nr = 8;
x86_pmu.lbr_tos = MSR_LBR_TOS;
x86_pmu.lbr_from = MSR_LBR_CORE_FROM;