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Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk when no TSX

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk when no TSX
Date 2016-06-03 11:30 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 05:00:19PM +0000, David Carrillo-Cisneros wrote:

> LBR_FROM_FLAG_MISPRED is at bit 63 so the bitshift wouldnt work . But I can
> clean the bits unconditionally of the value, just as you said for the read
> case.

Argh, missed that. Ok, something like so then:

#define LBR_FROM_SIGN_MASK	(BIT_ULL(61) | BIT_ULL(62))

	/*
	 * Sign extend into bits 61,62 while preserving bit 63.
	 *
	 * This works because bits 59 and 60 are guaranteed to be sign
	 * bits themselves.
	 */
	val = (val & ~LBR_FROM_SIGN_MASK) | ((val << 2) & LBR_FROM_SIGN_MASK);

A superscalar core can evaluate the left and right hand parts of the
logical or concurrently.

I've not generated the code so see what GCC does with the 64bit
literals, ideally it would generate code using 32bit literals and only
operate on the high word, but who knows if its smart enough for that.

See also:

https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#ConditionalSetOrClearBitsWithoutBranching

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[PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk when no TSX David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com> - 2016-06-02 04:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-02 10:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-02 10:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-02 11:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-02 11:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-03 11:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-02 11:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf/x86/intel: fix for MSR_LAST_BRANCH_FROM_x quirk  when no TSX Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-02 18:10 +0200

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