On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 16:19 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> @@ -1079,6 +1079,17 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event
> *event)
> int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_event *event)
> {
> x86_perf_event_update(event);
> + /*
> + * For a checkpointed counter always reset back to 0. This
> + * avoids a situation where the counter overflows, aborts the
> + * transaction and is then set back to shortly before the
> + * overflow, and overflows and aborts again.
> + */
> + if (event->hw.config & HSW_INTX_CHECKPOINTED) {
Would an unlikely() make sense there? Most events won't have this set.
> + /* No race with NMIs because the counter should not be armed
> */
> + wrmsrl(event->hw.event_base, 0);
> + local64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, 0);
> + }
> return x86_perf_event_set_period(event);
> }
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