linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] tools headers uapi: Sync perf

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Message-ID: <a3fe725bba24e7c0028a9fd768163cc63e8064c4.1664356751.git.sandipan.das@amd.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:29:38 +0530
From:   Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     <peterz@...radead.org>, <bp@...en8.de>, <acme@...nel.org>,
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        <ravi.bangoria@....com>, <santosh.shukla@....com>,
        <sandipan.das@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] tools headers uapi: Sync perf_event.h with kernel sources

Sync perf_event.h with the kernel sources by adding the new "spec" bitfield
to branch entries.

Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>
---
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 49cb2355efc0..9e1ae54b48a2 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ enum {
 	PERF_BR_MAX,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Common branch speculation outcome classification
+ */
+enum {
+	PERF_BR_SPEC_NA			= 0,	/* Not available */
+	PERF_BR_SPEC_WRONG_PATH		= 1,	/* Speculative but on wrong path */
+	PERF_BR_NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH	= 2,	/* Non-speculative but on correct path */
+	PERF_BR_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH	= 3,	/* Speculative and on correct path */
+	PERF_BR_SPEC_MAX,
+};
+
 enum {
 	PERF_BR_NEW_FAULT_ALGN		= 0,    /* Alignment fault */
 	PERF_BR_NEW_FAULT_DATA		= 1,    /* Data fault */
@@ -1395,6 +1406,7 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
  *     abort: aborting a hardware transaction
  *    cycles: cycles from last branch (or 0 if not supported)
  *      type: branch type
+ *      spec: branch speculation info (or 0 if not supported)
  */
 struct perf_branch_entry {
 	__u64	from;
@@ -1405,9 +1417,10 @@ struct perf_branch_entry {
 		abort:1,    /* transaction abort */
 		cycles:16,  /* cycle count to last branch */
 		type:4,     /* branch type */
+		spec:2,     /* branch speculation info */
 		new_type:4, /* additional branch type */
 		priv:3,     /* privilege level */
-		reserved:33;
+		reserved:31;
 };
 
 union perf_sample_weight {
-- 
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