Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:45:40PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
>> @@ -1528,6 +1528,14 @@ again:
>>      }
>>  
>>      /*
>> +     * Intel PT
>> +     */
>> +    if (__test_and_clear_bit(55, (unsigned long *)&status)) {
>> +            handled++;
>> +            intel_pt_interrupt();
>> +    }
>> +
>
> How does the PT interrupt interact with the regular PMI? In particular
> does it respect stuff like FREEZE_ON_PMI etc?

It ignores the FREEZE_ON_PMI bit. I stop it by hand inside the PMI
handler, so you can see parts of the handler in the trace if you're
tracing the kernel.

Regards,
--
Alex
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