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To reduce the overhead of a context switch with LBR enabled, some generic optimizations were introduced, e.g. avoiding restore LBR if no one else touched them. The generic optimizations can also be used by Architecture LBR later. Currently, the fields for the generic optimizations are part of structure x86_perf_task_context, which will be deprecated by Architecture LBR. A new structure should be introduced for the common fields of generic optimization, which can be shared between Architecture LBR and model-specific LBR. Both 'valid_lbrs' and 'tos' are also used by the generic optimizations, but they are not moved into the new structure, because Architecture LBR is stack-like. The 'valid_lbrs' which records the index of the valid LBR is not required anymore. The TOS MSR will be removed. LBR registers may be cleared in the deep Cstate. If so, the generic optimizations should not be applied. Perf has to unconditionally restore the LBR registers. A generic function is required to detect the reset due to the deep Cstate. lbr_is_reset_in_cstate() is introduced. Currently, for the model-specific LBR, the TOS MSR is used to detect the reset. There will be another method introduced for Architecture LBR later. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1593780569-62993-6-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.