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Message-Id: <1326127761-2723-10-git-send-email-eranian@google.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:49:17 +0100
From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, acme@...radead.org,
robert.richter@....com, ming.m.lin@...el.com, andi@...stfloor.org,
asharma@...com, ravitillo@....gov, vweaver1@...s.utk.edu
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] perf_events: disable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* when not supported (v3)
PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* is disabled for:
- SW events (sw counters, tracepoints)
- HW breakpoints
- ALL but Intel X86 architecture
- AMD64 processors
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c | 4 ++++
arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 4 ++++
arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c | 4 ++++
arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c | 4 ++++
arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c | 4 ++++
arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c | 3 +++
kernel/events/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 6 ++++++
9 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
index 8143cd7..0dae252 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ static int alpha_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
int err;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 88b0941..42262ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ static int armpmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
int err = 0;
atomic_t *active_events = &armpmu->active_events;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_smpl(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (armpmu->map_event(event) == -ENOENT)
return -ENOENT;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index 315fc0b..7070f8c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ static int mipspmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
int err = 0;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index d614ab5..4e0b265 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,10 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (!ppmu)
return -ENOENT;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
ev = event->attr.config;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
index 10b14e3..068b8a2 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ static int sh_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
int err;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 614da62..8e16a4a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,10 @@ static int sparc_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) < 0)
return -ENODEV;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (attr->type) {
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
if (attr->config >= sparc_pmu->max_events)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index 0397b23..0d8da03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static int amd_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
if (ret)
return ret;
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (event->attr.exclude_host && event->attr.exclude_guest)
/*
* When HO == GO == 1 the hardware treats that as GO == HO == 0
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index ed39225..36d1a63 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5000,6 +5000,12 @@ static int perf_swevent_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
return -ENOENT;
+ /*
+ * no branch sampling for software events
+ */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event_id) {
case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK:
case PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK:
@@ -5110,6 +5116,12 @@ static int perf_tp_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
return -ENOENT;
+ /*
+ * no branch sampling for tracepoint events
+ */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
err = perf_trace_init(event);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -5335,6 +5347,12 @@ static int cpu_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK)
return -ENOENT;
+ /*
+ * no branch sampling for software events
+ */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event);
return 0;
@@ -5409,6 +5427,12 @@ static int task_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
return -ENOENT;
+ /*
+ * no branch sampling for software events
+ */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event);
return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index b0309f7..cee5423 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_event_init(struct perf_event *bp)
if (bp->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT)
return -ENOENT;
+ /*
+ * no branch sampling for breakpoint events
+ */
+ if (has_branch_stack(bp))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
err = register_perf_hw_breakpoint(bp);
if (err)
return err;
--
1.7.1
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