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David Carrillo-Cisneros authored
Intel's SDM states that bits 61:62 in MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x are the TSX flags for formats with LBR_TSX flags (i.e. LBR_FORMAT_EIP_EFLAGS2). However, when the CPU has TSX support deactivated, bits 61:62 actually behave as follows: - For wrmsr(), bits 61:62 are considered part of the sign extension. - When capturing branches, the LBR hw will always clear bits 61:62. regardless of the sign extension. Therefore, if: 1) LBR has TSX format. 2) CPU has no TSX support enabled. ... then any value passed to wrmsr() must be sign extended to 63 bits and any value from rdmsr() must be converted to have a sign extension of 61 bits, ignoring the values at TSX flags. This bug was masked by the work-around to the Intel's CPU bug: BJ94. "LBR May Contain Incorrect Information When Using FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI" in Document Number: 324643-037US. The aforementioned work-around uses hw flags to filter out all kernel branches, limiting LBR callstack to user level execution only. Since user addresses are not sign extended, they do not trigger the wrmsr() bug in MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x when saved/restored at context switch. To verify the hw bug: $ perf record -b -e cycles sleep 1 $ rdmsr -p 0 0x680 0x1fffffffb0b9b0cc $ wrmsr -p 0 0x680 0x1fffffffb0b9b0cc write(): Input/output error The quirk for LBR_FROM_ MSRs is required before calls to wrmsrl() and after rdmsrl(). This patch introduces it for wrmsrl()'s done for testing LBR support. Future patch in series adds the quirk for context switch, that would be required if LBR callstack is to be enabled for ring 0. Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466533874-52003-3-git-send-email-davidcc@google.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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