[PATCH v4 2/3] powerpc/perf: Drop the case of returning 0 as instruction pointer
Kajol Jain
kjain at linux.ibm.com
Thu Aug 19 03:15:55 AEST 2021
Drop the case of returning 0 as instruction pointer since kernel
never executes at 0 and userspace almost never does either.
Fixes: e6878835ac47 ("powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid
bit is set in P7+")
Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain at linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 1b464aad29c4..23ec89a59893 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -2261,8 +2261,6 @@ unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
return regs->nip;
} else if (use_siar && siar_valid(regs))
return siar + perf_ip_adjust(regs);
- else if (use_siar)
- return 0; // no valid instruction pointer
else
return regs->nip;
}
--
2.26.2
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