[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/perf: Fix mmcra corruption by bhrb_filter
Ravi Bangoria
ravi.bangoria at linux.ibm.com
Sat May 11 12:47:21 AEST 2019
On 5/11/19 8:12 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Consider a scenario where user creates two events:
>
> 1st event:
> attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
> attr.branch_sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY;
> fd = perf_event_open(attr, 0, 1, -1, 0);
>
> This sets cpuhw->bhrb_filter to 0 and returns valid fd.
>
> 2nd event:
> attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
> attr.branch_sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL;
> fd = perf_event_open(attr, 0, 1, -1, 0);
>
> It overrides cpuhw->bhrb_filter to -1 and returns with error.
>
> Now if power_pmu_enable() gets called by any path other than
> power_pmu_add(), ppmu->config_bhrb(-1) will set mmcra to -1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria at linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: 3925f46bb590 ("powerpc/perf: Enable branch stack sampling framework")
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