[PATCH V2 4/6] x86, perf: Add conditional branch filtering support
Anshuman Khandual
khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Aug 30 14:24:48 EST 2013
This patch adds conditional branch filtering support,
enabling it for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND in perf branch
stack sampling framework by utilizing an available
software filter X86_BR_JCC.
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian at google.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index d5be06a..9723773 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event)
if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX)
mask |= X86_BR_NO_TX;
+ if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND)
+ mask |= X86_BR_JCC;
+
/*
* stash actual user request into reg, it may
* be used by fixup code for some CPU
@@ -665,6 +668,7 @@ static const int nhm_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX] = {
* NHM/WSM erratum: must include IND_JMP to capture IND_CALL
*/
[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL] = LBR_IND_CALL | LBR_IND_JMP,
+ [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND] = LBR_JCC,
};
static const int snb_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX] = {
@@ -676,6 +680,7 @@ static const int snb_lbr_sel_map[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX] = {
[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL] = LBR_REL_CALL | LBR_IND_CALL
| LBR_FAR,
[PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL] = LBR_IND_CALL,
+ [PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND] = LBR_JCC,
};
/* core */
--
1.7.11.7
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