This patch enables the suport for the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL for Intel x86 processors. When the processor support LBR filtering this the selection is done in hardware. Otherwise, the filter is applied by software. Note that we chose to include zero length calls because they also represent calls.
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c index ad0b8b0..bfd0b71 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c @@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ static int intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP) mask |= X86_BR_IND_JMP; + if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL) + mask |= X86_BR_CALL | X86_BR_ZERO_CALL; /* * stash actual user request into reg, it may * be used by fixup code for some CPU @@ -890,6 +892,7 @@ static const int snb_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT] = { [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL_SHIFT] = LBR_IND_CALL, [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND_SHIFT] = LBR_JCC, [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP_SHIFT] = LBR_IND_JMP, + [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_SHIFT] = LBR_REL_CALL, }; static const int hsw_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT] = { @@ -905,6 +908,7 @@ static const int hsw_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT] = { [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK_SHIFT] = LBR_REL_CALL | LBR_IND_CALL | LBR_RETURN | LBR_CALL_STACK, [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP_SHIFT] = LBR_IND_JMP, + [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_SHIFT] = LBR_REL_CALL, }; /* core */ -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
