oprofile, x86: Reimplement nmi timer mode using perf event

The legacy x86 nmi watchdog code was removed with the implementation
of the perf based nmi watchdog. This broke Oprofile's nmi timer
mode. To run nmi timer mode we relied on a continuous ticking nmi
source which the nmi watchdog provided. The nmi tick was no longer
available and current watchdog can not be used anymore since it runs
with very long periods in the range of seconds. This patch
reimplements the nmi timer mode using a perf counter nmi source.

V2:
* removing pr_info()
* fix undefined reference to `__udivdi3' for 32 bit build
* fix section mismatch of .cpuinit.data:nmi_timer_cpu_nb
* removed nmi timer setup in arch/x86
* implemented function stubs for op_nmi_init/exit()
* made code more readable in oprofile_init()

V3:
* fix architectural initialization in oprofile_init()
* fix CONFIG_OPROFILE_NMI_TIMER dependencies

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 90 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/Makefile b/arch/x86/oprofile/Makefile
index 446902b..1599f56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ DRIVER_OBJS = $(addprefix ../../../drivers/oprofile/, \
 		oprof.o cpu_buffer.o buffer_sync.o \
 		event_buffer.o oprofile_files.o \
 		oprofilefs.o oprofile_stats.o  \
-		timer_int.o )
+		timer_int.o nmi_timer_int.o )
 
 oprofile-y				:= $(DRIVER_OBJS) init.o backtrace.o
 oprofile-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) 	+= nmi_int.o op_model_amd.o \
 					   op_model_ppro.o op_model_p4.o
-oprofile-$(CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC)		+= nmi_timer_int.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/init.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/init.c
index f148cf6..9e138d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/init.c
@@ -16,37 +16,23 @@
  * with the NMI mode driver.
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 extern int op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops);
-extern int op_nmi_timer_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops);
 extern void op_nmi_exit(void);
-extern void x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth);
+#else
+static int op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops) { return -ENODEV; }
+static void op_nmi_exit(void) { }
+#endif
 
-static int nmi_timer;
+extern void x86_backtrace(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth);
 
 int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = -ENODEV;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-	ret = op_nmi_init(ops);
-#endif
-	nmi_timer = (ret != 0);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
-	if (nmi_timer)
-		ret = op_nmi_timer_init(ops);
-#endif
 	ops->backtrace = x86_backtrace;
-
-	return ret;
+	return op_nmi_init(ops);
 }
 
-
 void oprofile_arch_exit(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-	if (!nmi_timer)
-		op_nmi_exit();
-#endif
+	op_nmi_exit();
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 720bf5a..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @file nmi_timer_int.c
- *
- * @remark Copyright 2003 OProfile authors
- * @remark Read the file COPYING
- *
- * @author Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
- */
-
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/oprofile.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/kdebug.h>
-
-#include <asm/nmi.h>
-#include <asm/apic.h>
-#include <asm/ptrace.h>
-
-static int profile_timer_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-					   unsigned long val, void *data)
-{
-	struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
-	int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
-
-	switch (val) {
-	case DIE_NMI:
-		oprofile_add_sample(args->regs, 0);
-		ret = NOTIFY_STOP;
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block profile_timer_exceptions_nb = {
-	.notifier_call = profile_timer_exceptions_notify,
-	.next = NULL,
-	.priority = NMI_LOW_PRIOR,
-};
-
-static int timer_start(void)
-{
-	if (register_die_notifier(&profile_timer_exceptions_nb))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
-static void timer_stop(void)
-{
-	unregister_die_notifier(&profile_timer_exceptions_nb);
-	synchronize_sched();  /* Allow already-started NMIs to complete. */
-}
-
-
-int __init op_nmi_timer_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
-{
-	ops->start = timer_start;
-	ops->stop = timer_stop;
-	ops->cpu_type = "timer";
-	printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: using NMI timer interrupt.\n");
-	return 0;
-}