On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 06:10:00PM -0700, kan.li...@linux.intel.com wrote:
> The generic purpose counter 0 and fixed counter 0 have less skid.
> Force :ppp events on generic purpose counter 0.
> Force instruction:ppp always on fixed counter 0.
> +static struct event_constraint *
> +tnt_get_event_constraints(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int idx,
> + struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> + struct event_constraint *c;
> +
> + /*
> + * :ppp means to do reduced skid PEBS,
> + * which is available at PMC0 and fixed counter 0.
> + */
> + if (event->attr.precise_ip == 3) {
> + /* Force instruction:ppp in Fixed counter 0 */
> + if (event->hw.config == X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0))
> + return &fixed_counter0_constraint;
> +
> + return &counter0_constraint;
I'm confused, 0xc0 is the architectural 'instructions' event, surely we
can program that on pmc0 too?
Did we want a fixed0_counter0_constraint for that?
> + }
> +
> + c = intel_get_event_constraints(cpuc, idx, event);
> +
> + return c;
> +}
