From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e23smtp02.au.ibm.com (e23smtp02.au.ibm.com [202.81.31.144]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e23smtp02.au.ibm.com", Issuer "GeoTrust SSL CA" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19C512C009F for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 21:22:25 +1100 (EST) Received: from /spool/local by e23smtp02.au.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 20:22:22 +1000 Message-ID: <529DB092.8010307@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:51:06 +0530 From: Anshuman Khandual MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "mpe@ellerman.id.au" Subject: Re: [V3 01/10] perf: New conditional branch filter criteria in branch stack sampling References: <20131126060618.917ED2C00A9@ozlabs.org> <529474C7.9050005@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <529474C7.9050005@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: mikey@neuling.org, michaele@au1.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eranian@google.com, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 11/26/2013 03:45 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > 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 >>> Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian >>> --- >>> 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 Hey Michael, Looks like the patch still applies on top of Linus's tree. The modified patch with a new commit subject line can be found here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>From d368096fc51a8da65f2d80ed5090d43cbc269f62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anshuman Khandual Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:22:27 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] perf: Add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND 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 Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian --- 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 e1802d6..e2d8b8b 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h @@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ 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 \ -- 1.7.11.7