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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
To: Luwei Kang <luwei.kang@intel.com>
Cc: kevin.tian@intel.com, sstabellini@kernel.org,
	wei.liu2@citrix.com, jbeulich@suse.com,
	George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
	tim@xen.org, xen-devel@lists.xen.org, jun.nakajima@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v1 1/7] x86: add a flag to enable Intel processor trace
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:09:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180426120909.6miciqgzuvxfxpyy@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1516039953-2988-2-git-send-email-luwei.kang@intel.com>

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 02:12:27AM +0800, Luwei Kang wrote:
> This patch add a flag to enable Intel PT (Intel processor trace).
> Default value is 1 (enabled).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luwei Kang <luwei.kang@intel.com>
> ---
>  docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown |  7 +++++++
>  xen/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile           |  1 +
>  xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel_pt.c         | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  xen/include/asm-x86/intel_pt.h      | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel_pt.c
>  create mode 100644 xen/include/asm-x86/intel_pt.h
> 
> diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> index 781110d..95411cf 100644
> --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
> @@ -1009,6 +1009,13 @@ debug hypervisor only).
>  ### idle\_latency\_factor
>  > `= <integer>`
>  
> +### intel\_pt
> +> `= <boolean>`
> +
> +> Default: `true`
> +

After reading the manual a bit I think this option needs to be more
sophisticated. 

The series only implements guest-only tracing, while in the future we might
want host-only tracing and system wide tracing.

Even the other modes aren't implemented yet we should leave room for
them.

Wei.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-04-26 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-15 18:12 [PATCH RESEND v1 0/7] Intel Processor Trace virtulization enabling Luwei Kang
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 1/7] x86: add a flag to enable Intel processor trace Luwei Kang
2018-03-09 16:53   ` Wei Liu
2018-03-12  9:25     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-26 12:09   ` Wei Liu [this message]
2018-04-27  8:22     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-27  8:32       ` Wei Liu
2018-04-27 13:03       ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-27 23:16         ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-26 12:29   ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-27  9:01     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-27 12:15       ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-27 23:18         ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 2/7] x86: configure vmcs for Intel processor trace virtualization Luwei Kang
2018-04-26 12:34   ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-28  1:07     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-30  7:42       ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-02  7:22         ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-02  9:09           ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-02  9:22             ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 3/7] x86: add intel proecessor trace support for cpuid Luwei Kang
2018-04-30 15:43   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-05-02  7:32     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 4/7] x86: add intel processor trace context Luwei Kang
2018-04-26 12:11   ` Wei Liu
2018-04-26 12:59   ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-28  1:26     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 5/7] x86: Implement Intel Processor Trace context switch Luwei Kang
2018-04-26 12:11   ` Wei Liu
2018-04-27  8:53     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-02 15:19       ` Wei Liu
2018-05-02 15:43         ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-02 16:15           ` Wei Liu
2018-05-02 16:51             ` Andrew Cooper
2018-05-03  7:27               ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-03  7:26             ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-03  7:51               ` Wei Liu
2018-04-26 13:12   ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-28  2:56     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 6/7] x86: Implement Intel Processor Trace MSRs read/write Luwei Kang
2018-04-26 13:20   ` Jan Beulich
2018-04-27 12:26   ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-03  5:22     ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-03  7:33       ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-03  9:40         ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-03 11:36           ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-04  3:53             ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-04 12:06               ` Jan Beulich
2018-05-10  9:06                 ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-15 18:12 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 7/7] x86: Disable Intel Processor Trace when VMXON in L1 guest Luwei Kang
2018-01-16  8:41 ` [PATCH RESEND v1 0/7] Intel Processor Trace virtulization enabling Jan Beulich
2018-01-16  9:02   ` Kang, Luwei
2018-01-16  9:30     ` Jan Beulich
2018-01-16  9:45       ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-26 12:12 ` Wei Liu
2018-05-03  4:06   ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-03  5:55     ` Razvan Cojocaru
2018-05-03  8:06     ` Wei Liu
2018-05-04  4:10       ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-03  9:49   ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-03 10:01     ` Andrew Cooper
2018-05-04  3:08       ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-10  9:26       ` Kang, Luwei
2018-05-10  9:56         ` Andrew Cooper
2018-05-15  2:50           ` Kang, Luwei
2018-04-30 15:42 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-05-02  7:27   ` Kang, Luwei

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