perf/x86/amd: Enable branch sampling priv level filtering
The AMD Branch Sampling features does not provide hardware filtering by privilege level. The associated PMU counter does but not the branch sampling by itself. Given how BRS operates there is a possibility that BRS captures kernel level branches even though the event is programmed to count only at the user level. Implement a workaround in software by removing the branches which belong to the wrong privilege level. The privilege level is evaluated on the target of the branch and not the source so as to be compatible with other architectures. As a consequence of this patch, the number of entries in the PERF_RECORD_BRANCH_STACK buffer may be less than the maximum (16). It could even be zero. Another consequence is that consecutive entries in the branch stack may not reflect actual code path and may have discontinuities, in case kernel branches were suppressed. But this is no different than what happens on other architectures. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220322221517.2510440-6-eranian@google.com
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