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Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 11:58:38 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] perf: arm64: Tools support for Dwarf unwinding
through SVE functions
Em Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:20:01AM +0100, James Clark escreveu:
> Changes since v1:
>
> * Split patchset into kernel side and Perf tool changes
Thanks, now I'll wait for the kernel side to be merged.
- Arnaldo
> When SVE registers are pushed onto the stack the VG register is required to
> unwind because the stack offsets would vary by the SVE register width at the
> time when the sample was taken.
>
> The patches ("[PATCH v2 0/2] perf: arm64: Kernel support for Dwarf unwinding
> through SVE functions") add support for sampling the VG register to the kernel
> and the docs. This is the patchset to add support to userspace perf.
>
> A small change is also required to libunwind or libdw depending on which
> unwinder is used, and these will be published later. Without these changes Perf
> continues to work with both libraries, although the VG register is still not
> used for unwinding.
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> James Clark (4):
> perf tools: arm64: Copy perf_regs.h from the kernel
> perf tools: Use dynamic register set for Dwarf unwind
> perf tools: arm64: Decouple Libunwind register names from Perf
> perf tools: arm64: Add support for VG register
>
> tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h | 7 +-
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/perf_regs.c | 34 +++++++++
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 73 +------------------
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c | 2 +
> 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.28.0
--
- Arnaldo
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