linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/insn: perf tools: Add new ptwrite instruction

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Message-ID: <59b82868-704f-31e5-a30b-f5a2f5df3c06@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:37:37 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/insn: perf tools: Add new ptwrite instruction

On 19/05/17 17:28, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Fri, 19 May 2017 10:50:30 +0300
> Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:
> 
>> Add ptwrite to the op code map and the perf tools new instructions test.
>> To run the test:
>>
>>   $ tools/perf/perf test "x86 ins"
>>   39: Test x86 instruction decoder - new instructions          : Ok
>>
>> Or to see the details:
>>
>>   $ tools/perf/perf test -v "x86 ins" 2>&1 | grep ptwrite
>>
>> For information about ptwrite, refer the Intel SDM.
>>
> 
> OK, I've checked that this exists at least "March 2017" revision.
> (But Table A-6 is not updated... sigh)
> 
> Looks good to me.
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 
> Thank you,

Arnaldo, can you take this?