[PATCH 4/5] x86, perf: Add conditional branch filtering support
Anshuman Khandual
khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed May 22 16:22:40 EST 2013
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra at chello.nl>
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: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra at chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index d978353..a0d6387 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ static int intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event)
if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL)
mask |= X86_BR_IND_CALL;
+
+ 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
@@ -626,6 +630,7 @@ 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] = {
@@ -637,6 +642,7 @@ 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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