On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 07:07:06PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 02:58:05PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
SNIP
> >> + list_for_each_entry(event, &pmu->active_list, active_entry) {
> >> + rapl_event_update(event);
> >> + }
> >
> > hi,
> > I dont fully understand the reason for the timer,
> > I'm probably missing something..
> >
> The reason is rather simple and is similar to what happens with uncore.
> The counter are narrow, 32-bit and there is no interrupt capability. We
> need to poll the counters and accumulate in the sw counter to avoid missing
> an overflow.
>
> > - the timer calls rapl_event_update for all defined events
>
> No, only for the defined RAPL events which is what we want.
ok, that's what I meant
>
> > - but rapl_pmu_event_read calls rapl_event_update any time the
> > event is read (sys_read)
> >
> Yes, but we want to prevent missing a counter overflow. It may happen
> if the counter counts in a unit which increments fast.
>
> > The rapl_event_update only read msr and updates
> > event->count|hw,prev_count.
> No, it does update the count:
> local64_add(sdelta, &event->count);
ah, there's the shift that takes care of the
overflowed msr value.. ok
thanks,
jirka
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