linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch
David Ahern a706d965dc perf x86: revert 20b279 - require exclude_guest to use PEBS - kernel side
This patch is brought to you by the letter 'H'.

Commit 20b279 breaks compatiblity with older perf binaries when run with
precise modifier (:p or :pp) by requiring the exclude_guest attribute to be
set. Older binaries default exclude_guest to 0 (ie., wanting guest-based
samples) unless host only profiling is requested (:H modifier). The workaround
for older binaries is to add H to the modifier list (e.g., -e cycles:ppH -
toggles exclude_guest to 1). This was deemed unacceptable by Linus:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/12/570

Between family in town and the fresh snow in Breckenridge there is no time left
to be working on the proper fix for this over the holidays. In the New Year I
have more pressing problems to resolve -- like some memory leaks in perf which
are proving to be elusive -- although the aforementioned snow is probably why
they are proving to be elusive. Either way I do not have any spare time to work
on this and from the time I have managed to spend on it the solution is more
difficult than just moving to a new exclude_guest flag (does not work) or
flipping the logic to include_guest (which is not as trivial as one would
think).

So, two options: silently force exclude_guest on as suggested by Gleb which
means no impact to older perf binaries or revert the original patch which
caused the breakage.

This patch does the latter -- reverts the original patch that introduced the
regression. The problem can be revisited in the future as time allows.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356749767-17322-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2013-01-10 09:21:19 -03:00
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alpha ALPHA: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
arm Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm 2013-01-09 08:58:57 -08:00
arm64 - Missing include in asm/compat.h. 2013-01-04 10:41:54 -08:00
avr32 ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
blackfin ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
c6x These are a few cleanups for asm-generic: 2012-12-21 16:39:08 -08:00
cris ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
frv ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
h8300 These are a few cleanups for asm-generic: 2012-12-21 16:39:08 -08:00
hexagon Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
ia64 Driver core __dev* removal patches 2013-01-03 16:17:50 -08:00
m32r ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
m68k ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
microblaze Merge branch 'next' of git://git.monstr.eu/linux-2.6-microblaze 2013-01-07 07:39:32 -08:00
mips Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2013-01-07 07:50:41 -08:00
mn10300 ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
openrisc ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
parisc ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
powerpc Driver core __dev* removal patches 2013-01-03 16:17:50 -08:00
s390 ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
score ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
sh ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
sparc SPARC: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
tile ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
unicore32 ARCH: drivers remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:13 -08:00
x86 perf x86: revert 20b279 - require exclude_guest to use PEBS - kernel side 2013-01-10 09:21:19 -03:00
xtensa These are a few cleanups for asm-generic: 2012-12-21 16:39:08 -08:00
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Kconfig Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00