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Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX operation is on

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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> writes:

> Em Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 03:24:16PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin escreveu:
>> On systems where PT does not coexist with VMX, users get confused when
>> PT turns up with no data because they forgot they're running a kvm
>> session at the same time.
>> 
>> This patch adds a preemptive check for any active VMX operations that
>> will fail event creation. This does not provide any guarantees or
>> protection against racing with a kvm starting in parallel, but is
>> intended to serve as a hint for the user. If VMXON happens after an
>> event had been created, the event will still produce an empty trace.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
>> Reported-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
>
> Yeah, I saw that as well, and Andi told me about this limitation, so,
> for quite a while now, everytime I need to test PT on the only machine I
> have with it, I have to stop my kvm sessions :-\
>
> Thanks for working on this!

Well, we can't make the limitation go away. You'll still have to stop
kvms to get any 'meaningful' PT data.

Regards,
--
Alex

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[PATCH 0/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: VMX related updates Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-14 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX operation is on Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-14 14:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 15:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-02-14 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX operation is on Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-15 09:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-15 10:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX operation is on Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-15 14:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-02-15 14:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-15 14:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-02-15 14:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX operation is on Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-15 14:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event creation if VMX  operation is on Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-02-15 14:20 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict with VMX Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-14 14:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict  with VMX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict with VMX Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-14 17:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict  with VMX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 17:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict with VMX Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-14 18:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict  with VMX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 19:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict  with VMX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 20:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict with VMX Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2017-02-15 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Fail event scheduling on conflict  with VMX Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-15 10:00 +0100

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