[PATCH V4 04/10] x86, perf: Add conditional branch filtering support

Anshuman Khandual khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Dec 4 21:32:36 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 d82d155..9dd2459 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ 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
@@ -678,6 +681,7 @@ 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] = {
@@ -689,6 +693,7 @@ 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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