perf/x86: Add constraint for IVB CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING

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The IvyBridge event CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING can only
be measured on counters 0-3 when HT is off. When HT is on, you
only have counters 0-3.

If you program it on the eight counters for 1s on a 3GHz
IVB laptop running a noploop, you see:

           2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
           2 747 527 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
       3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
       3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
       3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING
       3 280 563 608 CYCLE_ACTIVITY:CYCLES_LDM_PENDING

Clearly the last 4 values are bogus.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: ak@linux.intel.com
Cc: zheng.z.yan@intel.com
Cc: dhsharp@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130911152222.GA28761@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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Stephane Eranian 2013-09-11 08:22:22 -07:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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