linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] x86/insn: perf tools: Add AVX-512 support to the instruction decoder

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Message-ID: <5790AF8A.1000006@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:18:34 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] x86/insn: perf tools: Add AVX-512 support to the
 instruction decoder

On 20/07/16 21:11, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:30:33 +0300
> Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> Here are patches to add support for Intel's AVX-512 instructions to the
>> instruction decoder.  Also there is a patch to fix vcvtph2ps.
>>
>> AVX-512 instructions are documented in Intel Architecture Instruction Set
>> Extensions Programming Reference (February 2016).
>>
>> These patches do not conflict with Dan's removal of pcommit.
>>
>> Changes in V2:
>>
>> 	Split patches: separate out perf tools and new instructions test.
>> 	Amend decription of 'evo' annotation in x86-opcode-map.txt
> 
> Thanks for updating!
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 
> for the series :)
> 
> Thank you,

Thanks to Masami's quick ack's, I think it would be reasonable to queue
these patches for v4.8 unless anyone objects.

Arnaldo, if you are willing, please consider queuing these.

> 
>>
>>
>> Adrian Hunter (4):
>>       x86/insn: perf tools: Fix vcvtph2ps instruction decoding
>>       x86/insn: Add AVX-512 support to the instruction decoder
>>       perf tools: Add AVX-512 support to the instruction decoder used by Intel PT
>>       perf tools: Add AVX-512 instructions to the new instructions test
>>
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h                        |   17 +-
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h                        |   12 +-
>>  arch/x86/lib/insn.c                                |   18 +-
>>  arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt                    |  263 ++-
>>  arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk               |   11 +-
>>  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/insn-x86-dat-32.c        | 1018 ++++++++++-
>>  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/insn-x86-dat-64.c        |  940 +++++++++-
>>  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/insn-x86-dat-src.c       | 1789 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  .../util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk    |   11 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h            |   17 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c            |   18 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h            |   12 +-
>>  .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt  |  263 ++-
>>  13 files changed, 4179 insertions(+), 210 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Adrian
> 
>