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    perf/x86: Add constraint for IVB CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING · 6113af14
    Stephane Eranian authored
    
    
    The IvyBridge event CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING can only
    be measured on counters 0-3 when HT is off. When HT is on, you
    only have counters 0-3.
    
    If you program it on the eight counters for 1s on a 3GHz
    IVB laptop running a noploop, you see:
    
               2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
               2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
               2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
               2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
    
    Clearly the last 4 values are bogus.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Cc: peterz@infradead.org
    Cc: ak@linux.intel.com
    Cc: zheng.z.yan@intel.com
    Cc: dhsharp@google.com
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130911152222.GA28761@google.com
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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