linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] x86: Save stack pointer in perf live regs savings

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Date:	Sat,  2 Jul 2011 18:29:39 +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>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] x86: Save stack pointer in perf live regs savings

In order to prepare for fetching the stack pointer from the
regs when possible in dump_trace() instead of taking the
local one, save the current stack pointer in perf live regs saving.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index d9d4dae..094fb30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ extern unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs);
 	(regs)->bp = caller_frame_pointer();			\
 	(regs)->cs = __KERNEL_CS;				\
 	regs->flags = 0;					\
+	asm volatile(						\
+		_ASM_MOV "%%"_ASM_SP ", %0\n"			\
+		: "=m" ((regs)->sp)				\
+		:: "memory"					\
+	);							\
 }
 
 #else
-- 
1.7.5.4

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