[PATCH v1 16/55] powerpc/64s: Implement PMU override command line option

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 13:49:57 AEST 2021


It can be useful in simulators (with very constrained environments)
to allow some PMCs to run from boot so they can be sampled directly
by a test harness, rather than having to run perf.

A previous change freezes counters at boot by default, so provide
a boot time option to un-freeze (plus a bit more flexibility).

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  7 ++++
 arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c               | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index bdb22006f713..96b7d0ebaa40 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4089,6 +4089,13 @@
 			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
 			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
 
+	pmu=		[PPC] Manually enable the PMU.
+			Enable the PMU by setting MMCR0 to 0 (clear FC bit).
+			This option is implemented for Book3S processors.
+			If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to that number,
+			otherwise (e.g., 'pmu=on'), it is left 0. The perf
+			subsystem is disabled if this option is used.
+
 	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
 			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 65795cadb475..e7cef4fe17d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -2428,8 +2428,24 @@ int register_power_pmu(struct power_pmu *pmu)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static bool pmu_override = false;
+static unsigned long pmu_override_val;
+static void do_pmu_override(void *data)
+{
+	ppc_set_pmu_inuse(1);
+	if (pmu_override_val)
+		mtspr(SPRN_MMCR1, pmu_override_val);
+	mtspr(SPRN_MMCR0, mfspr(SPRN_MMCR0) & ~MMCR0_FC);
+}
+
 static int __init init_ppc64_pmu(void)
 {
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE) && pmu_override) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "perf: disabling perf due to pmu= command line option.\n");
+		on_each_cpu(do_pmu_override, NULL, 1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* run through all the pmu drivers one at a time */
 	if (!init_power5_pmu())
 		return 0;
@@ -2451,4 +2467,23 @@ static int __init init_ppc64_pmu(void)
 		return init_generic_compat_pmu();
 }
 early_initcall(init_ppc64_pmu);
+
+static int __init pmu_setup(char *str)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	if (!early_cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE))
+		return 0;
+
+	pmu_override = true;
+
+	if (kstrtoul(str, 0, &val))
+		val = 0;
+
+	pmu_override_val = val;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("pmu=", pmu_setup);
+
 #endif
-- 
2.23.0



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