From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp02.in.ibm.com (e28smtp02.in.ibm.com [122.248.162.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e28smtp02.in.ibm.com", Issuer "GeoTrust SSL CA" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C70502C011E for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:57:01 +1000 (EST) Received: from /spool/local by e28smtp02.in.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:21:40 +0530 Received: from d28relay02.in.ibm.com (d28relay02.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.59]) by d28dlp03.in.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C13B1258023 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:28:24 +0530 (IST) Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (d28av04.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.66]) by d28relay02.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r3GCuoBM4194704 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:26:50 +0530 Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av04.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r3GCurtf001532 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:56:54 +1000 From: Anshuman Khandual To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/5] powerpc, perf: BHRB based branch stack enablement on POWER8 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:26:35 +0530 Message-Id: <1366117000-10979-1-git-send-email-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: mikey@neuling.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) is a new PMU feaure in IBM POWER8 processor which records the branch instructions inside the execution pipeline. This patchset enables the basic functionality of the feature through generic perf branch stack sampling framework. Sample output ------------- $./perf record -b top $./perf report Overhead Command Source Shared Object Source Symbol Target Shared Object Target Symbol # ........ ....... .................... ...................................... .................... ................................... # 7.82% top libc-2.11.2.so [k] _IO_vfscanf libc-2.11.2.so [k] _IO_vfscanf 6.17% top libc-2.11.2.so [k] _IO_vfscanf [unknown] [k] 00000000 2.37% top [unknown] [k] 0xf7aafb30 [unknown] [k] 00000000 1.80% top [unknown] [k] 0x0fe07978 libc-2.11.2.so [k] _IO_vfscanf 1.60% top libc-2.11.2.so [k] _IO_vfscanf [kernel.kallsyms] [k] .do_task_stat 1.20% top [kernel.kallsyms] [k] .do_task_stat [kernel.kallsyms] [k] .do_task_stat 1.02% top libc-2.11.2.so [k] vfprintf libc-2.11.2.so [k] vfprintf 0.92% top top [k] _init [unknown] [k] 0x0fe037f4 Anshuman Khandual (5): powerpc, perf: Add new BHRB related instructions on POWER8 powerpc, perf: Add basic assembly code to read BHRB entries on POWER8 powerpc, perf: Add new BHRB related generic functions, data and flags powerpc, perf: Define BHRB generic functions, data and flags for POWER8 powerpc, perf: Enable branch stack sampling framework support with BHRB arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h | 6 ++ arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc-opcode.h | 7 ++ arch/powerpc/perf/Makefile | 2 +- arch/powerpc/perf/bhrb.S | 34 ++++++++++ arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- arch/powerpc/perf/perf_event_bhrb.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++- 7 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/perf/bhrb.S create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/perf/perf_event_bhrb.c -- 1.7.11.7