perf/x86-ibs: Precise event sampling with IBS for AMD CPUs
This patch adds support for precise event sampling with IBS. There are two counting modes to count either cycles or micro-ops. If the corresponding performance counter events (hw events) are setup with the precise flag set, the request is redirected to the ibs pmu: perf record -a -e cpu-cycles:p ... # use ibs op counting cycle count perf record -a -e r076:p ... # same as -e cpu-cycles:p perf record -a -e r0C1:p ... # use ibs op counting micro-ops Each ibs sample contains a linear address that points to the instruction that was causing the sample to trigger. With ibs we have skid 0. Thus, ibs supports precise levels 1 and 2. Samples are marked with the PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT flag set. In rare cases the rip is invalid when IBS was not able to record the rip correctly. Then the PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT flag is cleared and the rip is taken from pt_regs. V2: * don't drop samples in precise level 2 if rip is invalid, instead support the PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT flag Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120502103309.GP18810@erda.amd.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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