Nest/core pmu units are enabled only when it is used. A reference count is maintained for the events which uses the nest/core pmu units. Currently in *_imc_counters_release function a WARN() is used for notification of any underflow of ref count. The case where event ref count hit a negative value is, when perf session is started, followed by offlining of all cpus in a given core. i.e. in cpuhotplug offline path ppc_core_imc_cpu_offline() function set the ref->count to zero, if the current cpu which is about to offline is the last cpu in a given core and make an OPAL call to disable the engine in that core. And on perf session termination, perf->destroy (core_imc_counters_release) will first decrement the ref->count for this core and based on the ref->count value an opal call is made to disable the core-imc engine. Now, since cpuhotplug path already clears the ref->count for core and disabled the engine, perf->destroy() decrementing again at event termination make it negative which in turn fires the WARN_ON. The same happens for nest units. Add a check to see if the reference count is alreday zero, before decrementing the count, so that the ref count will not hit a negative value. Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <a...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c index 9ccac86f3463..e3a1f65933b5 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c @@ -399,6 +399,20 @@ static void nest_imc_counters_release(struct perf_event *event) /* Take the mutex lock for this node and then decrement the reference count */ mutex_lock(&ref->lock); + if (ref->refc == 0) { + /* + * The scenario where this is true is, when perf session is + * started, followed by offlining of all cpus in a given node. + * + * In the cpuhotplug offline path, ppc_nest_imc_cpu_offline() + * function set the ref->count to zero, if the cpu which is + * about to offline is the last cpu in a given node and make + * an OPAL call to disable the engine in that node. + * + */ + mutex_unlock(&ref->lock); + return; + } ref->refc--; if (ref->refc == 0) { rc = opal_imc_counters_stop(OPAL_IMC_COUNTERS_NEST, @@ -646,6 +660,20 @@ static void core_imc_counters_release(struct perf_event *event) return; mutex_lock(&ref->lock); + if (ref->refc == 0) { + /* + * The scenario where this is true is, when perf session is + * started, followed by offlining of all cpus in a given core. + * + * In the cpuhotplug offline path, ppc_core_imc_cpu_offline() + * function set the ref->count to zero, if the cpu which is + * about to offline is the last cpu in a given core and make + * an OPAL call to disable the engine in that core. + * + */ + mutex_unlock(&ref->lock); + return; + } ref->refc--; if (ref->refc == 0) { rc = opal_imc_counters_stop(OPAL_IMC_COUNTERS_CORE, -- 2.14.1