[PATCH v3 2/5] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type
Jin, Yao
yao.jin at linux.intel.com
Tue Apr 11 21:51:57 AEST 2017
On 4/11/2017 4:18 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 09:52:19AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 06:56:30PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
>>> @@ -960,6 +1006,11 @@ intel_pmu_lbr_filter(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
>>> cpuc->lbr_entries[i].from = 0;
>>> compress = true;
>>> }
>>> +
>>> + if ((br_sel & X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE) == X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE)
>>> + cpuc->lbr_entries[i].type = common_branch_type(type);
>>> + else
>>> + cpuc->lbr_entries[i].type = PERF_BR_NONE;
>>> }
> I was wondering WTH you did that else; because it should already be 0
> (aka, BR_NONE).
Yes. I will remove the else code. Thanks!
> Then I found intel_pmu_lbr_read_32() is already broken,
> and you just broke intel_pmu_lbr_read_64().
>
> Arguably we should add a union on the last __u64 with a name for the
> entire thing, but the below is the minimal fix.
>
> ---
> Subject: perf,x86: Avoid exposing wrong/stale data in intel_pmu_lbr_read_32()
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> Date: Tue Apr 11 10:10:28 CEST 2017
>
> When the perf_branch_entry::{in_tx,abort,cycles} fields were added,
> intel_pmu_lbr_read_32() wasn't updated to initialize them.
>
> Fixes: 135c5612c460 ("perf/x86/intel: Support Haswell/v4 LBR format")
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz at infradead.org>
> ---
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
> @@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_lbr_read_32(struct
> cpuc->lbr_entries[i].to = msr_lastbranch.to;
> cpuc->lbr_entries[i].mispred = 0;
> cpuc->lbr_entries[i].predicted = 0;
> + cpuc->lbr_entries[i].in_tx = 0;
> + cpuc->lbr_entries[i].abort = 0;
> + cpuc->lbr_entries[i].cycles = 0;
> cpuc->lbr_entries[i].reserved = 0;
> }
> cpuc->lbr_stack.nr = i;
I will add cpuc->lbr_entries[i].type = 0 in my patch.
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