perf/x86/intel: Rework the large PEBS setup code

In order to allow optimizing perf_pmu_sched_task() we must ensure
perf_sched_cb_{inc,dec}() are no longer called from NMI context; this
means that pmu::{start,stop}() can no longer use them.

Prepare for this by reworking the whole large PEBS setup code.

The current code relied on the cpuc->pebs_enabled state, however since
that reflects the current active state as per pmu::{start,stop}() we
can no longer rely on this.

Introduce two counters: cpuc->n_pebs and cpuc->n_large_pebs which
count the total number of PEBS events and the number of PEBS events
that have FREERUNNING set, resp.. With this we can tell if the current
setup requires a single record interrupt threshold or can use a larger
buffer.

This also improves the code in that it re-enables the large threshold
once the PEBS event that required single record gets removed.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 11f6bbe168ab..57aff715039f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2818,6 +2818,10 @@ void perf_sched_cb_inc(struct pmu *pmu)
 /*
  * This function provides the context switch callback to the lower code
  * layer. It is invoked ONLY when the context switch callback is enabled.
+ *
+ * This callback is relevant even to per-cpu events; for example multi event
+ * PEBS requires this to provide PID/TID information. This requires we flush
+ * all queued PEBS records before we context switch to a new task.
  */
 static void perf_pmu_sched_task(struct task_struct *prev,
 				struct task_struct *next,