[PATCH V3 1/5] powerpc, perf: Add new BHRB related instructions for POWER8

Anshuman Khandual khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Apr 18 22:26:12 EST 2013


This patch adds new POWER8 instruction encoding for reading
the BHRB buffer entries and also clearing it. Encoding for
"clrbhrb" instruction is straight forward. But "mfbhrbe"
encoding involves reading a certain index of BHRB buffer
into a particular GPR register.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
index 8752bc8..93ae5a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #define	__REGA0_R31	31
 
 /* sorted alphabetically */
+#define PPC_INST_BHRBE			0x7c00025c
 #define PPC_INST_DCBA			0x7c0005ec
 #define PPC_INST_DCBA_MASK		0xfc0007fe
 #define PPC_INST_DCBAL			0x7c2005ec
@@ -297,6 +298,12 @@
 #define PPC_NAP			stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_NAP)
 #define PPC_SLEEP		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_SLEEP)
 
+/* BHRB instructions */
+#define PPC_CLRBHRB		stringify_in_c(.long 0x7c00035c)
+#define PPC_MFBHRBE(r, n)	stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_BHRBE | \
+						__PPC_RS(r) | \
+							(((n) & 0x1f) << 11))
+
 /* Transactional memory instructions */
 #define TRECHKPT		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_TRECHKPT)
 #define TRECLAIM(r)		stringify_in_c(.long PPC_INST_TRECLAIM \
-- 
1.7.11.7



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