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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c index 6e03db142091..872fab163585 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c @@ -251,19 +251,15 @@ struct intel_pt_decoder *intel_pt_decoder_new(struct intel_pt_params *params) if (!(decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_n % decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_d)) decoder->tsc_ctc_mult = decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_n / decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_d; - - /* - * Allow for timestamps appearing to backwards because a TSC - * packet has slipped past a MTC packet, so allow 2 MTC ticks - * or ... - */ - decoder->tsc_slip = multdiv(2 << decoder->mtc_shift, - decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_n, - decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_d); } - /* ... or 0x100 paranoia */ - if (decoder->tsc_slip < 0x100) - decoder->tsc_slip = 0x100; + + /* + * A TSC packet can slip past MTC packets so that the timestamp appears + * to go backwards. One estimate is that can be up to about 40 CPU + * cycles, which is certainly less than 0x1000 TSC ticks, but accept + * slippage an order of magnitude more to be on the safe side. + */ + decoder->tsc_slip = 0x10000; intel_pt_log("timestamp: mtc_shift %u\n", decoder->mtc_shift); intel_pt_log("timestamp: tsc_ctc_ratio_n %u\n", decoder->tsc_ctc_ratio_n); |
