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From: rostedt@goodmis.org (Steven Rostedt)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 5/5] arm64: Trace emulation of AArch32 legacy instructions
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:40:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141001104002.4efbde6f@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1412165279-8709-6-git-send-email-punit.agrawal@arm.com>

On Wed,  1 Oct 2014 13:07:59 +0100
Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@arm.com> wrote:

> Introduce an event to trace the usage of emulated instructions. The
> trace event is intended to help identify and encourage the migration
> of legacy software using the emulation features.
> 
> Use this event to trace usage of swp and CP15 barrier emulation.

Do you expect this to be a generic tracepoint? Something any arch can
use, and more importantly, will use?

If not, please keep this tracepoint in the arch/arm64 directories. The
sample code in samples/trace_events/ explains how to do this.

Thanks,

-- Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-01 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-01 12:07 [PATCHv2 0/5] Legacy instruction emulation for arm64 Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 12:07 ` [PATCHv2 1/5] arm64: Add support for hooks to handle undefined instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 12:07 ` [PATCHv2 2/5] arm64: Add AArch32 instruction set condition code checks Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 12:07 ` [PATCHv2 3/5] arm64: Port SWP/SWPB emulation support from arm Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 12:07 ` [PATCHv2 4/5] arm64: Emulate CP15 Barrier instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 12:07 ` [PATCHv2 5/5] arm64: Trace emulation of AArch32 legacy instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 14:40   ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2014-10-14 16:18     ` Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 13:37 ` [PATCHv2 0/5] Legacy instruction emulation for arm64 Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 13:37   ` [PATCHv2 1/5] arm64: Add support for hooks to handle undefined instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 13:37   ` [PATCHv2 2/5] arm64: Add AArch32 instruction set condition code checks Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 13:37   ` [PATCHv2 3/5] arm64: Port SWP/SWPB emulation support from arm Punit Agrawal
2014-10-06 10:52     ` Will Deacon
2014-10-01 13:37   ` [PATCHv2 4/5] arm64: Emulate CP15 Barrier instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-01 13:37   ` [PATCHv2 5/5] arm64: Trace emulation of AArch32 legacy instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-10-06 10:22   ` [PATCHv2 0/5] Legacy instruction emulation for arm64 Will Deacon

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