perf/x86: Add a microcode revision check for SNB-PEBS
Recent Intel microcode resolved the SNB-PEBS issues, so conditionally
enable PEBS on SNB hardware depending on the microcode revision.
Thanks to Stephane for figuring out the various microcode revisions.
Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v3672ziwh9damwqwh1uz3krm@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index ffdf5e0..c78f14a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
extern struct perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr);
extern void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap);
+extern void perf_check_microcode(void);
#else
static inline perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr)
{
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@
}
static inline void perf_events_lapic_init(void) { }
+static inline void perf_check_microcode(void) { }
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD)