linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] perf: Don't use 4 bytes as a default instruction breakpoint length

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Message-Id: <1277415658-10036-6-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:40:56 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] perf: Don't use 4 bytes as a default instruction breakpoint length

4 bytes is fine as a default access for data breakpoints. But
instruction breakpoints should take the native pointer length,
otherwise we get a -EINVAL in x86-64.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 9bf0f40..4af5bd5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -602,8 +602,15 @@ parse_breakpoint_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 			return EVT_FAILED;
 	}
 
-	/* We should find a nice way to override the access type */
-	attr->bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+	/*
+	 * We should find a nice way to override the access length
+	 * Provide some defaults for now
+	 */
+	if (attr->bp_type == HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
+		attr->bp_len = sizeof(long);
+	else
+		attr->bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+
 	attr->type = PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT;
 
 	return EVT_HANDLED;
-- 
1.6.2.3

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