linux-kernel - Re: [patch] perf_event_open.2: add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH

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Date:   Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:56:12 +0200
From:   "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc:     mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] perf_event_open.2: add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL branch
 sample type

Hi Vince,

On 10/21/2016 10:55 PM, Vince Weaver wrote:
> 
> Linux 4.4 (c229bf9dc179d2023e185c0f705bdf68484c1e73) added
> the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL branch sample type, which confusingly
> is a direct-call only subset of what PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL
> provides.

Thanks. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
> 
> diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
> index fade28c..8d985b3 100644
> --- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
> +++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
> @@ -1256,14 +1256,18 @@ following bits must be set.
>  Any branch type.
>  .TP
>  .B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL
> -Any call branch.
> -.TP
> -.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN
> -Any return branch.
> +Any call branch (includes direct calls, indirect calls, and far jumps).
>  .TP
>  .B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL
>  Indirect calls.
>  .TP
> +.BR PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL " (since Linux 4.4)"
> +.\" commit c229bf9dc179d2023e185c0f705bdf68484c1e73
> +Direct calls.
> +.TP
> +.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN
> +Any return branch.
> +.TP
>  .BR PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP " (since Linux 4.2)"
>  .\" commit c9fdfa14c3792c0160849c484e83aa57afd80ccc
>  Indirect jumps.
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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