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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-11-15 17:27:43 +0100
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-11-15 17:27:43 +0100
commit12480c2e53d355223cf6884ed1f56e6ac9b7c21f (patch)
treec244c5b4f265dc38f7658fbe5714ba2c402aef28 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
parent6c8e94a57c30e31d0807f038b4f98b659fd67776 (diff)
parent936407358759adb302df93ab61fa68141897270c (diff)
Merge tag 'omap-for-v3.8/fixes-non-critical-v4-signed' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap into next/fixes-non-critical
From Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>: Non critical omap fixes that were not considered urgent for the -rc cycle. * tag 'omap-for-v3.8/fixes-non-critical-v4-signed' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap: (645 commits) ARM: OMAP4: PM: fix errata handling when CONFIG_PM=n ARM: OMAP4: retrigger localtimers after re-enabling gic ARM: OMAP4460: Workaround for ROM bug because of CA9 r2pX GIC control register change. ARM: OMAP4: PM: add errata support Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 3373f84d139..4a3374e61a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -208,12 +208,14 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
}
/*
- * Now write a value and read it back to see if it matches,
- * this is needed to detect certain hardware emulators (qemu/kvm)
- * that don't trap on the MSR access and always return 0s.
+ * Read the current value, change it and read it back to see if it
+ * matches, this is needed to detect certain hardware emulators
+ * (qemu/kvm) that don't trap on the MSR access and always return 0s.
*/
- val = 0xabcdUL;
reg = x86_pmu_event_addr(0);
+ if (rdmsrl_safe(reg, &val))
+ goto msr_fail;
+ val ^= 0xffffUL;
ret = wrmsrl_safe(reg, val);
ret |= rdmsrl_safe(reg, &val_new);
if (ret || val != val_new)