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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 87eab4a27dfc..eed3673a8656 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -500,12 +500,17 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
return true;
bios_fail:
- printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, using software events only.\n");
+ /*
+ * We still allow the PMU driver to operate:
+ */
+ printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor.\n");
printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val);
- return false;
+
+ return true;
msr_fail:
printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
+
return false;
}
@@ -912,7 +917,7 @@ static inline void x86_assign_hw_event(struct perf_event *event,
hwc->event_base = 0;
} else if (hwc->idx >= X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
hwc->config_base = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL;
- hwc->event_base = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0;
+ hwc->event_base = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + (hwc->idx - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED);
} else {
hwc->config_base = x86_pmu_config_addr(hwc->idx);
hwc->event_base = x86_pmu_event_addr(hwc->idx);