linux-kernel - [RFC 7/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP)

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2011 20:15:01 +0100
From:	Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
To:	<hpa@...or.com>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<brgerst@...il.com>, <robert.richter@....com>,
	<Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>, <eranian@...gle.com>,
	<suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
Subject: [RFC 7/8] x86, xsave: add kernel support for AMDs Lightweight Profiling (LWP)

This patch extends the xsave structure to support the LWP state. The
xstate feature bit for LWP is added to XCNTXT_NONLAZY, thereby enabling
kernel support for saving/restoring LWP state.

Signed-off-by: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h  |   12 ++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h      |    3 ++-
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 4c25ab4..df2cbd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -353,6 +353,17 @@ struct ymmh_struct {
 	u32 ymmh_space[64];
 };
 
+struct lwp_struct {
+	u64 lwpcb_addr;
+	u32 flags;
+	u32 buf_head_offset;
+	u64 buf_base;
+	u32 buf_size;
+	u32 filters;
+	u64 saved_event_record[4];
+	u32 event_counter[16];
+};
+
 struct xsave_hdr_struct {
 	u64 xstate_bv;
 	u64 reserved1[2];
@@ -363,6 +374,7 @@ struct xsave_struct {
 	struct i387_fxsave_struct i387;
 	struct xsave_hdr_struct xsave_hdr;
 	struct ymmh_struct ymmh;
+	struct lwp_struct lwp;
 	/* new processor state extensions will go here */
 } __attribute__ ((packed, aligned (64)));
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
index 04459d2..0a58b82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
@@ -274,6 +274,17 @@ struct _ymmh_state {
 	__u32 ymmh_space[64];
 };
 
+struct _lwp_state {
+	__u64 lwpcb_addr;
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 buf_head_offset;
+	__u64 buf_base;
+	__u32 buf_size;
+	__u32 filters;
+	__u64 saved_event_record[4];
+	__u32 event_counter[16];
+};
+
 /*
  * Extended state pointed by the fpstate pointer in the sigcontext.
  * In addition to the fpstate, information encoded in the xstate_hdr
@@ -284,6 +295,7 @@ struct _xstate {
 	struct _fpstate fpstate;
 	struct _xsave_hdr xstate_hdr;
 	struct _ymmh_state ymmh;
+	struct _lwp_state lwp;
 	/* new processor state extensions go here */
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
index 18401cc..a169115 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define XSTATE_FP	0x1
 #define XSTATE_SSE	0x2
 #define XSTATE_YMM	0x4
+#define XSTATE_LWP	(1ULL << 62)
 
 #define XSTATE_FPSSE	(XSTATE_FP | XSTATE_SSE)
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
  * These are the features that the OS can handle currently.
  */
 #define XCNTXT_LAZY	(XSTATE_FP | XSTATE_SSE | XSTATE_YMM)
-#define XCNTXT_NONLAZY	0
+#define XCNTXT_NONLAZY	(XSTATE_LWP)
 
 #define XCNTXT_MASK	(XCNTXT_LAZY | XCNTXT_NONLAZY)
 
-- 
1.5.6.5


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