linux-kernel - Re: [RFC V2 1/8] perf: Consolidate branch sample filter helpers

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Message-ID: <YlkqnfRm0E0XHTd3@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:19:41 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC V2 1/8] perf: Consolidate branch sample filter helpers

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 05:24:48PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Besides the branch type filtering requests, 'event.attr.branch_sample_type'
> also contains various flags indicating which additional information should
> be captured, along with the base branch record. These flags help configure
> the underlying hardware, and capture the branch records appropriately when
> required e.g after PMU interrupt. But first, this moves an existing helper
> perf_sample_save_hw_index() into the header before adding some more helpers
> for other branch sample filter flags.
> 
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>