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Message-ID: <20170411075219.bcteozodfkmwo45f@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:52:19 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com, yao.jin@...el.com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 06:56:30PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> Perf already has support for disassembling the branch instruction
> and using the branch type for filtering. The patch just records
> the branch type in perf_branch_entry.
> 
> Before recording, the patch converts the x86 branch classification
> to common branch classification.

This is still a completely inadequate changelog. I really will not
accept patches like this.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
> index 81b321a..6968c63 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
> @@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ enum {
>  	X86_BR_ZERO_CALL	= 1 << 15,/* zero length call */
>  	X86_BR_CALL_STACK	= 1 << 16,/* call stack */
>  	X86_BR_IND_JMP		= 1 << 17,/* indirect jump */
> +
> +	X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE	= 1 << 18,/* indicate to save branch type */
> +
>  };
>  
>  #define X86_BR_PLM (X86_BR_USER | X86_BR_KERNEL)
> @@ -670,6 +673,10 @@ static int intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event)
>  
>  	if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL)
>  		mask |= X86_BR_CALL | X86_BR_ZERO_CALL;
> +
> +	if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE)
> +		mask |= X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * stash actual user request into reg, it may
>  	 * be used by fixup code for some CPU
> @@ -923,6 +930,44 @@ static int branch_type(unsigned long from, unsigned long to, int abort)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +#define X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX	16
> +
> +static int
> +common_branch_type(int type)
> +{
> +	int i, mask;
> +	const int branch_map[X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX] = {
> +		PERF_BR_CALL,		/* X86_BR_CALL */
> +		PERF_BR_RET,		/* X86_BR_RET */
> +		PERF_BR_SYSCALL,	/* X86_BR_SYSCALL */
> +		PERF_BR_SYSRET,		/* X86_BR_SYSRET */
> +		PERF_BR_INT,		/* X86_BR_INT */
> +		PERF_BR_IRET,		/* X86_BR_IRET */
> +		PERF_BR_JCC,		/* X86_BR_JCC */
> +		PERF_BR_JMP,		/* X86_BR_JMP */
> +		PERF_BR_IRQ,		/* X86_BR_IRQ */
> +		PERF_BR_IND_CALL,	/* X86_BR_IND_CALL */
> +		PERF_BR_NONE,		/* X86_BR_ABORT */
> +		PERF_BR_NONE,		/* X86_BR_IN_TX */
> +		PERF_BR_NONE,		/* X86_BR_NO_TX */
> +		PERF_BR_CALL,		/* X86_BR_ZERO_CALL */
> +		PERF_BR_NONE,		/* X86_BR_CALL_STACK */
> +		PERF_BR_IND_JMP,	/* X86_BR_IND_JMP */
> +	};
> +
> +	type >>= 2; /* skip X86_BR_USER and X86_BR_KERNEL */
> +	mask = ~(~0 << 1);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX; i++) {
> +		if (type & mask)
> +			return branch_map[i];
> +
> +		type >>= 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return PERF_BR_NONE;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * implement actual branch filter based on user demand.
>   * Hardware may not exactly satisfy that request, thus
> @@ -939,7 +984,8 @@ intel_pmu_lbr_filter(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
>  	bool compress = false;
>  
>  	/* if sampling all branches, then nothing to filter */
> -	if ((br_sel & X86_BR_ALL) == X86_BR_ALL)
> +	if (((br_sel & X86_BR_ALL) == X86_BR_ALL) &&
> +	    ((br_sel & X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE) != X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE))
>  		return;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < cpuc->lbr_stack.nr; i++) {
> @@ -960,6 +1006,11 @@ intel_pmu_lbr_filter(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
>  			cpuc->lbr_entries[i].from = 0;
>  			compress = true;
>  		}
> +
> +		if ((br_sel & X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE) == X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE)
> +			cpuc->lbr_entries[i].type = common_branch_type(type);
> +		else
> +			cpuc->lbr_entries[i].type = PERF_BR_NONE;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!compress)
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>