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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2019-03-28 11:16:26 +0100
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2019-03-28 11:16:26 +0100
commit6f01eb5bf8e8110ab5f3a8e7b0f3abf19a205e4b (patch)
tree4b3147335ed97e4b487fd84bcb7a959a38d9656e /tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
parent8f234193b8cc35c44614e4a4b05f2d920ff562e4 (diff)
parent6b50202a4d53bf527c640467bcff68b50a5e38a2 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.4.177' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.183-20190331
This is the 4.4.177 stable release
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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index c53f78767568..df21da796fa7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -471,10 +471,21 @@ static int intel_pt_validate_config(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu,
struct perf_evsel *evsel)
{
int err;
+ char c;
if (!evsel)
return 0;
+ /*
+ * If supported, force pass-through config term (pt=1) even if user
+ * sets pt=0, which avoids senseless kernel errors.
+ */
+ if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "format/pt", "%c", &c) == 1 &&
+ !(evsel->attr.config & 1)) {
+ pr_warning("pt=0 doesn't make sense, forcing pt=1\n");
+ evsel->attr.config |= 1;
+ }
+
err = intel_pt_val_config_term(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/cycle_thresholds",
"cyc_thresh", "caps/psb_cyc",
evsel->attr.config);