From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> I had some requests for setting period 1, so that every event of something is caught. To my knowledge there is no limit to 1 on Intel hardware. Just remove the check for minimum 2
If specific CPUs have problems we can black list them. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c index bf0f01a..2b394ae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -946,11 +946,6 @@ int x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event) hwc->last_period = period; ret = 1; } - /* - * Quirk: certain CPUs dont like it if just 1 hw_event is left: - */ - if (unlikely(left < 2)) - left = 2; if (left > x86_pmu.max_period) left = x86_pmu.max_period; -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
