[PATCH] ARM: test for PMU feature on v7 (v2 with typo fix)
Rusty Russell
rusty at rustcorp.com.au
Thu Mar 22 20:34:57 EDT 2012
The v7 ARM (B4.1.82) specifies that bits 27-24 of the ID_DFR0 reg show
what performance monitoring (if any) is available. We should test this
before assuming (useful for inside virtualized environments, for example).
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty.russell at linaro.org>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
index 6933244..303d1e1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,12 @@ static struct arm_pmu armv7pmu = {
.max_period = (1LLU << 32) - 1,
};
+static bool armv7_pmu_avail(void)
+{
+ /* 0 means unknown (maybe v1), 1 means v1, 2 means v2, 15 means none */
+ return ((read_cpuid_ext(CPUID_EXT_DFR0) >> 24) & 0xF) != 0xF;
+}
+
static u32 __init armv7_read_num_pmnc_events(void)
{
u32 nb_cnt;
@@ -1121,6 +1127,8 @@ static u32 __init armv7_read_num_pmnc_events(void)
static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a8_pmu_init(void)
{
+ if (!armv7_pmu_avail())
+ return NULL;
armv7pmu.id = ARM_PERF_PMU_ID_CA8;
armv7pmu.name = "ARMv7 Cortex-A8";
armv7pmu.map_event = armv7_a8_map_event;
@@ -1130,6 +1138,8 @@ static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a8_pmu_init(void)
static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a9_pmu_init(void)
{
+ if (!armv7_pmu_avail())
+ return NULL;
armv7pmu.id = ARM_PERF_PMU_ID_CA9;
armv7pmu.name = "ARMv7 Cortex-A9";
armv7pmu.map_event = armv7_a9_map_event;
@@ -1139,6 +1149,8 @@ static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a9_pmu_init(void)
static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a5_pmu_init(void)
{
+ if (!armv7_pmu_avail())
+ return NULL;
armv7pmu.id = ARM_PERF_PMU_ID_CA5;
armv7pmu.name = "ARMv7 Cortex-A5";
armv7pmu.map_event = armv7_a5_map_event;
@@ -1148,6 +1160,8 @@ static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a5_pmu_init(void)
static struct arm_pmu *__init armv7_a15_pmu_init(void)
{
+ if (!armv7_pmu_avail())
+ return NULL;
armv7pmu.id = ARM_PERF_PMU_ID_CA15;
armv7pmu.name = "ARMv7 Cortex-A15";
armv7pmu.map_event = armv7_a15_map_event;
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