[PATCH v2 0/5] perf: add support for capturing skid IP

2017-11-02 Thread Stephane Eranian
This patchs adds a new sample record type called PERF_SAMPLE_SKID_IP. The goal is to record the unmodified interrupted instruction pointer (IP) as seen by the kernel and reflected in the machine state. On some architectures, it is possible to avoid the IP skid using hardware support. For

[PATCH v2 0/5] perf: add support for capturing skid IP

2017-11-02 Thread Stephane Eranian
This patchs adds a new sample record type called PERF_SAMPLE_SKID_IP. The goal is to record the unmodified interrupted instruction pointer (IP) as seen by the kernel and reflected in the machine state. On some architectures, it is possible to avoid the IP skid using hardware support. For