Re: [PATCH 0/7] perf updates and fixes

[Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 02:52:35AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

> The series is not yet mergeable because it would break PowerPc
> (hot regs snapshot API has been changed, and I don't know how
> to update PowerPc for that).
> 
> But if you're fine with the ideas, I can integrate the necessary
> changes to fix this, and also separate fixes and updates.

The patch below adds the necessary stuff for powerpc.  You could fold
it into your "perf: Move perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs into a macro"
patch, or keep it as a separate patch in the series (though that would
make preserving bisectability more difficult).

There is a little difficulty in that you first create a 3-argument
form of perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs and then remove one argument in a
later patch, whereas my patch below just creates the 2-argument form.
I'm sure you can resolve that one way or another.

The patch to add the old-style perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs for powerpc
is sitting in the tip/perf/urgent branch but hasn't gone anywhere.
I suppose we need to get Ingo to pull that branch into tip/perf/core
and then include a revert patch in the series that switches to the new
interface.  Alternatively, if the urgent branch isn't append-only then
we could disappear it (the urgent branch would need to be rewound by
one commit).

Paul.
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[PATCH] perf/powerpc: Implement perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs for powerpc

This adds the ability to get a hot register snapshot for powerpc,
enabling us to get meaningful call chains for tracepoints and context
switch events.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
index e6d4ce6..5c16b89 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -21,3 +21,15 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_EMB_PERF_EVENT
 #include <asm/perf_event_fsl_emb.h>
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
+
+#define perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs(regs, __ip)			\
+	do {							\
+		(regs)->nip = __ip;				\
+		(regs)->gpr[1] = *(unsigned long *)__get_SP();	\
+		asm volatile("mfmsr %0" : "=r" ((regs)->msr));	\
+	} while (0)
+#endif