linux/arch/x86
Ingo Molnar 44530d588e Revert "perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86"
This reverts commit 2c95afc1e8.

Stephane reported the following regression:

 > Since Andi added:
 >
 > commit 2c95afc1e8
 > Author: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
 > Date:   Thu Jun 9 06:14:38 2016 -0700
 >
 >    perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86
 >
 > $ perf stat -e ref-cycles ls
 >   <not counted> ....
 >
 > fails systematically because the ref-cycles is now used by the
 > watchdog and given this is a system-wide pinned event, it monopolizes
 > the fixed counter 2 which is the only counter able to measure this event.

Since the next merge window is near, fix the regression for now
by reverting the commit.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-07-10 20:58:36 +02:00
..
boot x86, build: copy ldlinux.c32 to image.iso 2016-06-07 15:54:18 -07:00
configs arch/defconfig: remove CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2016-05-20 10:25:16 -07:00
entry Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-05-26 22:01:22 -07:00
events perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add support for the Intel Skylake client uncore PMU 2016-07-07 09:03:29 +02:00
ia32 mm: remove more IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:57:31 -07:00
include Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes before merging new changes 2016-07-07 08:58:23 +02:00
kernel Revert "perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86" 2016-07-10 20:58:36 +02:00
kvm KVM: nVMX: VMX instructions: fix segment checks when L1 is in long mode. 2016-06-27 15:30:44 +02:00
lguest x86/paravirt: Remove paravirt_enabled() 2016-04-22 10:29:07 +02:00
lib Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-05-16 15:15:17 -07:00
math-emu
mm x86: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT 2016-06-24 17:23:52 -07:00
net bpf, x86: add support for constant blinding 2016-05-16 13:49:32 -04:00
oprofile x86/cpufeature: Replace cpu_has_apic with boot_cpu_has() usage 2016-04-13 11:37:41 +02:00
pci xen: bug fixes for 4.7-rc0 2016-05-24 10:22:34 -07:00
platform x86/efi: get rid of superfluous __GFP_REPEAT 2016-06-24 17:23:52 -07:00
power x86/cpufeature: Remove cpu_has_pse 2016-03-31 13:35:10 +02:00
purgatory kbuild: delete unnecessary "@:" 2016-04-20 10:36:57 +02:00
ras x86/RAS: Add SMCA support to AMD Error Injector 2016-05-12 09:08:23 +02:00
realmode kbuild: delete unnecessary "@:" 2016-04-20 10:36:57 +02:00
tools x86/KASLR: Clean up unused code from old 'run_size' and rename it to 'kernel_total_size' 2016-04-29 11:03:30 +02:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus-4.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2016-05-27 18:54:59 -07:00
video x86/video: Don't assume all FB devices are PCI devices 2016-03-15 11:08:26 +01:00
xen Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-06-24 19:08:33 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig isa: Allow ISA-style drivers on modern systems 2016-06-17 20:21:12 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
Makefile x86/init: Rename EBDA code file 2016-04-22 10:29:07 +02:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um