i386: do not BUG_ON() when MSR is unknown From: Stephane Eranian Here is a small patch to change the behavior of the PMU msr allocator to avoid BUG_ON() when the MSR is unknwon. Instead, it now returns ok, which means "I do not manage". The current allocator is not yet managing the full set of PMU registers (e.g., GLOBAL_* on Core 2). [watchdog] do not BUG_ON() in the MSR allocator if MSR is unknown, return ok instead Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c @@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ int reserve_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int msr unsigned int counter; counter = nmi_perfctr_msr_to_bit(msr); - BUG_ON(counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS); + /* register not managed by the allocator? */ + if (counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS) + return 1; if (!test_and_set_bit(counter, perfctr_nmi_owner)) return 1; @@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ void release_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int ms unsigned int counter; counter = nmi_perfctr_msr_to_bit(msr); - BUG_ON(counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS); + /* register not managed by the allocator? */ + if (counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS) + return; clear_bit(counter, perfctr_nmi_owner); } @@ -142,7 +146,9 @@ int reserve_evntsel_nmi(unsigned int msr unsigned int counter; counter = nmi_evntsel_msr_to_bit(msr); - BUG_ON(counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS); + /* register not managed by the allocator? */ + if (counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS) + return 1; if (!test_and_set_bit(counter, evntsel_nmi_owner)) return 1; @@ -154,7 +160,9 @@ void release_evntsel_nmi(unsigned int ms unsigned int counter; counter = nmi_evntsel_msr_to_bit(msr); - BUG_ON(counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS); + /* register not managed by the allocator? */ + if (counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS) + return; clear_bit(counter, evntsel_nmi_owner); }