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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_fsl_emb.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_fsl_emb.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_fsl_emb.c
index 62312abffa28..d4e6507277b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_fsl_emb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/op_model_fsl_emb.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* Freescale Embedded oprofile support, based on ppc64 oprofile support
* Copyright (C) 2004 Anton Blanchard <anton@au.ibm.com>, IBM
*
- * Copyright (c) 2004 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2010 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc
*
* Author: Andy Fleming
* Maintainer: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ static void fsl_emb_handle_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs,
int val;
int i;
- /* set the PMM bit (see comment below) */
- mtmsr(mfmsr() | MSR_PMM);
-
pc = regs->nip;
is_kernel = is_kernel_addr(pc);
@@ -340,9 +337,13 @@ static void fsl_emb_handle_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs,
}
/* The freeze bit was set by the interrupt. */
- /* Clear the freeze bit, and reenable the interrupt.
- * The counters won't actually start until the rfi clears
- * the PMM bit */
+ /* Clear the freeze bit, and reenable the interrupt. The
+ * counters won't actually start until the rfi clears the PMM
+ * bit. The PMM bit should not be set until after the interrupt
+ * is cleared to avoid it getting lost in some hypervisor
+ * environments.
+ */
+ mtmsr(mfmsr() | MSR_PMM);
pmc_start_ctrs(1);
}