An extra count on ebb_state.stats.pmc_count[PMC_INDEX(pmc)] is being per-
formed when count_pmc() is used to reset PMCs on a few selftests. This
extra pmc_count can occasionally invalidate results, such as the ones from
cycles_test shown hereafter. The ebb_check_count() failed with an above
the upper limit error due to the extra value on ebb_state.stats.pmc_count.
Furthermore, this extra count is also indicated by extra PMC1 trace_log on
the output of the cycle test (as well as on pmc56_overflow_test):
==========
...
[21]: counter = 8
[22]: register SPRN_MMCR0 = 0x0000000080000080
[23]: register SPRN_PMC1 = 0x0000000080000004
[24]: counter = 9
[25]: register SPRN_MMCR0 = 0x0000000080000080
[26]: register SPRN_PMC1 = 0x0000000080000004
[27]: counter = 10
[28]: register SPRN_MMCR0 = 0x0000000080000080
[29]: register SPRN_PMC1 = 0x0000000080000004
>> [30]: register SPRN_PMC1 = 0x000000004000051e
PMC1 count (0x280000546) above upper limit 0x2800003e8 (+0x15e)
[FAIL] Test FAILED on line 52
failure: cycles
==========
Signed-off-by: Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200626164737.21943-1-desnesn@linux.ibm.com
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has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 99 file(s).
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>
Reviewed-by: Steve Winslow <swinslow@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190528170027.163048684@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
EBB (Event Based Branches) are currently only available on POWER8, so we
should skip them on other CPUs.
I've found that at least one test loops forever on 970MP (cycles_with_freeze_test).
Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@linux-powerpc.org>
[mpe: Minor change log editing, add skip to cpu_event_vs_ebb_test]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
The Power8 Performance Monitor Unit (PMU) has a new feature called Event
Based Branches (EBB). This commit adds tests of the kernel API for using
EBBs.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
