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[V3,01/10] perf: New conditional branch filter criteria in branch stack sampling

Message ID 1381906617-11392-2-git-send-email-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Michael Ellerman
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Anshuman Khandual Oct. 16, 2013, 6:56 a.m. UTC
POWER8 PMU based BHRB supports filtering for conditional branches.
This patch introduces new branch filter PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND which
will extend the existing perf ABI. Other architectures can provide
this functionality with either HW filtering support (if present) or
with SW filtering of instructions.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Michael Ellerman Nov. 26, 2013, 6:06 a.m. UTC | #1
Ideally your commit subject would contain a verb, preferably in the present
tense.

I think simply "perf: Add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND" would be clearer.

On Wed, 2013-16-10 at 06:56:48 UTC, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> POWER8 PMU based BHRB supports filtering for conditional branches.
> This patch introduces new branch filter PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND which
> will extend the existing perf ABI. Other architectures can provide
> this functionality with either HW filtering support (if present) or
> with SW filtering of instructions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 0b1df41..5da52b6 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type {
>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ABORT_TX	= 1U << 7, /* transaction aborts */
>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX	= 1U << 8, /* in transaction */
>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX	= 1U << 9, /* not in transaction */
> +	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND		= 1U << 10, /* conditional branches */
>  
> -	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 10, /* non-ABI */
> +	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 11, /* non-ABI */
>  };

This no longer applies against Linus' tree, you'll need to rebase it.

cheers
Anshuman Khandual Nov. 26, 2013, 10:15 a.m. UTC | #2
On 11/26/2013 11:36 AM, mpe@ellerman.id.au wrote:
> Ideally your commit subject would contain a verb, preferably in the present
> tense.
> 
> I think simply "perf: Add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND" would be clearer.


Sure, will change it.

> 
> On Wed, 2013-16-10 at 06:56:48 UTC, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> POWER8 PMU based BHRB supports filtering for conditional branches.
>> This patch introduces new branch filter PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND which
>> will extend the existing perf ABI. Other architectures can provide
>> this functionality with either HW filtering support (if present) or
>> with SW filtering of instructions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> index 0b1df41..5da52b6 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> @@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type {
>>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ABORT_TX	= 1U << 7, /* transaction aborts */
>>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX	= 1U << 8, /* in transaction */
>>  	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX	= 1U << 9, /* not in transaction */
>> +	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND		= 1U << 10, /* conditional branches */
>>  
>> -	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 10, /* non-ABI */
>> +	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 11, /* non-ABI */
>>  };
> 
> This no longer applies against Linus' tree, you'll need to rebase it.

Okay
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 0b1df41..5da52b6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@  enum perf_branch_sample_type {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ABORT_TX	= 1U << 7, /* transaction aborts */
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX	= 1U << 8, /* in transaction */
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX	= 1U << 9, /* not in transaction */
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND		= 1U << 10, /* conditional branches */
 
-	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 10, /* non-ABI */
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 11, /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 #define PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL \