[PATCH v2] powerpc/perf: Disable trace_imc pmu

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon Dec 9 16:45:08 AEDT 2019


On Mon, 2019-11-18 at 03:44:52 UTC, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> When a root user or a user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN
> privilege use trace_imc performance monitoring
> unit events, to monitor application or KVM threads,
> may result in a checkstop (System crash). Reason
> being frequent switch of the "trace/accumulation"
> mode of In-Memory Collection hardware.
> This patch disables trace_imc pmu unit, but will
> be re-enabled at a later stage with a fix patchset.
> 
> Fixes: 012ae244845f1 ('powerpc/perf: Trace imc PMU functions') 
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/249fad734a25889a4f23ed014d43634af6798063

cheers


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