According to Intel SDM Volume 3B, FP_ASSIST is limited to Counter 1 only, not Counter 0.
Tested on a Pentium II. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.wea...@maine.edu> diff -ur linux-3.7-rc1.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c linux-3.7-rc1/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c --- linux-3.7-rc1.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c 2012-10-14 17:41:04.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-3.7-rc1/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c 2012-10-19 14:50:41.212241569 -0400 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ { INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xc1, 0x1), /* FLOPS */ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x10, 0x1), /* FP_COMP_OPS_EXE */ - INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x11, 0x1), /* FP_ASSIST */ + INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x11, 0x2), /* FP_ASSIST */ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x12, 0x2), /* MUL */ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x13, 0x2), /* DIV */ INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x14, 0x1), /* CYCLES_DIV_BUSY */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/