Afaict there's no need to (incompletely) iterate the
MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.* umask state.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338884803.28282.153.camel@twinsSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

We always need to pass the last sample period to
perf_sample_data_init(), otherwise the event distribution will be
wrong. Thus, modifiyng the function interface with the required period
as argument. So basically a pattern like this:

        perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL);
        data.period = event->hw.last_period;

will now be like that:

        perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL, event->hw.last_period);

Avoids unininitialized data.period and simplifies code.
Signed-off-by: NRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1333390758-10893-3-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

This patch adds an internal sofware filter to complement
the (optional) LBR hardware filter.

The software filter is necessary:

 - as a substitute when there is no HW LBR filter (e.g., Atom, Core)
 - to complement HW LBR filter in case of errata (e.g., Nehalem/Westmere)
 - to provide finer grain filtering (e.g., all processors)

Sometimes the LBR HW filter cannot distinguish between two types
of branches. For instance, to capture syscall as CALLS, it is necessary
to enable the LBR_FAR filter which will also capture JMP instructions.
Thus, a second pass is necessary to filter those out, this is what the
SW filter can do.

The SW filter is built on top of the internal x86 disassembler. It
is a best effort filter especially for user level code. It is subject
to the availability of the text page of the program.

The SW filter is enabled on all Intel processors. It is bypassed
when the user is capturing all branches at all priv levels.
Signed-off-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-9-git-send-email-eranian@google.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

This patch implements PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH support for Intel
x86processors. It connects PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH to the actual LBR.

The patch adds the hooks in the PMU irq handler to save the LBR
on counter overflow for both regular and PEBS modes.
Signed-off-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-8-git-send-email-eranian@google.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

With the new throttling/unthrottling code introduced with
commit:

  e050e3f0 ("perf: Fix broken interrupt rate throttling")

we occasionally hit two WARN_ON_ONCE() checks in:

  - intel_pmu_pebs_enable()
  - intel_pmu_lbr_enable()
  - x86_pmu_start()

The assertions are no longer problematic. There is a valid
path where they can trigger but it is harmless.

The assertion can be triggered with:

  $ perf record -e instructions:pp ....

Leading to paths:

  intel_pmu_pebs_enable
  intel_pmu_enable_event
  x86_perf_event_set_period
  x86_pmu_start
  perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context
  perf_event_task_tick
  scheduler_tick

And:

  intel_pmu_lbr_enable
  intel_pmu_enable_event
  x86_perf_event_set_period
  x86_pmu_start
  perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context.
  perf_event_task_tick
  scheduler_tick

cpuc->enabled is always on because when we get to
perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context() the PMU is not totally
disabled. Furthermore when we need to adjust a period,
we only stop the event we need to change and not the
entire PMU. Thus, when we re-enable, cpuc->enabled is
already set. Note that when we stop the event, both
pebs and lbr are stopped if necessary (and possible).
Signed-off-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120202110401.GA30911@quadSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Masami spotted that we always try to decode the instruction stream as
64bit instructions when running a 64bit kernel, this doesn't work for
ia32-compat proglets.

Use TIF_IA32 to detect if we need to use the 32bit instruction
decoder.
Reported-by: NMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

The CPU support for perf events on x86 was implemented via included C files
with #ifdefs.  Clean this up by creating a new header file and compiling
the vendor-specific files as needed.
Signed-off-by: NKevin Winchester <kjwinchester@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1314747665-2090-1-git-send-email-kjwinchester@gmail.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Since only samples call perf_output_sample() its much saner (and more
correct) to put the sample logic in there than in the
perf_output_begin()/perf_output_end() pair.

Saves a useless argument, reduces conditionals and shrinks
struct perf_output_handle, win!
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-2crpvsx3cqu67q3zqjbnlpsc@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

The nmi parameter indicated if we could do wakeups from the current
context, if not, we would set some state and self-IPI and let the
resulting interrupt do the wakeup.

For the various event classes:

  - hardware: nmi=0; PMI is in fact an NMI or we run irq_work_run from
    the PMI-tail (ARM etc.)
  - tracepoint: nmi=0; since tracepoint could be from NMI context.
  - software: nmi=[0,1]; some, like the schedule thing cannot
    perform wakeups, and hence need 0.

As one can see, there is very little nmi=1 usage, and the down-side of
not using it is that on some platforms some software events can have a
jiffy delay in wakeup (when arch_irq_work_raise isn't implemented).

The up-side however is that we can remove the nmi parameter and save a
bunch of conditionals in fast paths.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-agjev8eu666tvknpb3iaj0fg@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

PEBS_EVENT_CONSTRAINT() is just a duplicate of INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT().
Remove it and use INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT() instead.
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1299684089-22835-3-git-send-email-ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Use INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT() for the events where all umasks support PEBS.
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1299684089-22835-2-git-send-email-ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

This patch updates PEBS event constraints for Intel Atom, Nehalem, Westmere.

This patch also reorganizes the PEBS format/constraint detection code. It is
now based on processor model and not PEBS format. Two processors may use the
same PEBS format without have the same list of PEBS events.

In this second version, we simplified the initialization of the PEBS
constraints by leveraging the existing switch() statement in perf_event_intel.c.
We also renamed the constraint tables to be more consistent with regular
constraints.

In this 3rd version, we drop BR_INST_RETIRED.MISPRED from Intel Atom as it does
not seem to work. Use MISPREDICTED_BRANCH_RETIRED instead. Also add FP_ASSIST.*
o both Intel Nehalem and Westmere. I misssed those in the earlier patches.
Events were tested using libpfm4 perf_examples.
Signed-off-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <4d6e6b02.815bdf0a.637b.07a7@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

This patch adds basic SandyBridge support, including hardware
cache events and PEBS events support.

It has been tested on SandyBridge CPUs with perf stat and also
with PEBS based profiling - both work fine.

The patch does not affect other models.

v2 -> v3:
 - fix PEBS event 0xd0 with right umask combinations
 - move snb pebs constraint assignment to intel_pmu_init

v1 -> v2:
 - add more raw and PEBS events constraints
 - use offcore events for LLC-* cache events
 - remove the call to Nehalem workaround enable_all function
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Acked-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
LKML-Reference: <1299072424.2175.24.camel@localhost>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

For performance reasons its best to use memory node local memory for
per-cpu buffers.

This logic comes from a much larger patch proposed by Stephane.
Suggested-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.514465326@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Now that reserve_ds_buffers() never fails, change it to return
void and remove all code dealing with the error return.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.462621937@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Currently PEBS/BTS buffers are allocated when we instantiate the first
event, when this fails everything fails.

This is a problem because esp. BTS tries to allocate a rather large
buffer (64K), which can easily fail.

This patch changes the logic such that when either buffer allocation
fails, we simply don't allow events that would use these facilities,
but continue functioning for all other events.

This logic comes from a much larger patch proposed by Stephane.
Suggested-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.354429461@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Again, mostly a cleanup to unclutter the reserve_ds_buffer() code.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.304495776@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Mostly a cleanup.. it reduces code indentation and makes the code flow
of reserve_ds_buffers() clearer.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.253453452@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

So that we may grow additional call-sites..
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101019134808.196793164@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Fix a bug introduced with commit de725dec and the change in the
meaning of the return value of intel_pmu_handle_irq(). With the
current code, when you are using the BTS, you get 'dazed by NMI'
each time the BTS buffer fills up.

BTS does interrupt on the PMU vector, thus NMI. You need to take
this into account in the return value of the function.

This version fixes initial patch which was missing changes to
perf_event_intel_ds.c.
Signed-off-by: NStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: NDon Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: perfmon2-devel@lists.sf.net
Cc: eranian@gmail.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
LKML-Reference: <4c8a1686.aae9d80a.5aa4.5e35@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Replace pmu::{enable,disable,start,stop,unthrottle} with
pmu::{add,del,start,stop}, all of which take a flags argument.

The new interface extends the capability to stop a counter while
keeping it scheduled on the PMU. We replace the throttled state with
the generic stopped state.

This also allows us to efficiently stop/start counters over certain
code paths (like IRQ handlers).

It also allows scheduling a counter without it starting, allowing for
a generic frozen state (useful for rotating stopped counters).

The stopped state is implemented in two different ways, depending on
how the architecture implemented the throttled state:

 1) We disable the counter:
    a) the pmu has per-counter enable bits, we flip that
    b) we program a NOP event, preserving the counter state

 2) We store the counter state and ignore all read/overflow events
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: paulus <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: stephane eranian <eranian@googlemail.com>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Cc: Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Rename perf_event_attr::precise to perf_event_attr::precise_ip and
widen it to 2 bits. This new field describes the required precision of
the PERF_SAMPLE_IP field:

  0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
  1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
  2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
  3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid

And modify the Intel PEBS code accordingly. The PEBS implementation
now supports up to precise_ip == 2, where we perform the IP fixup.

Also s/PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXACT/&_IP/ to clarify its meaning, this bit
should be set for each PERF_SAMPLE_IP field known to match the actual
instruction triggering the event.

This new scheme allows for a PEBS mode that uses the buffer for more
than a single event.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Remove some duplicated logic.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Its broken, we really should get PERF_SAMPLE_REGS sorted.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Move all debugctlmsr thingies into msr-index.h
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20100325135413.861425293@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Fix typo. But the modularization here is ugly and should be improved.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Pull the core handler in line with the nhm one, also make sure we always
drain the buffer.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

We need to use the actual cpuc->pebs_enabled value, not a local copy for
the changes to take effect.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Its unclear if the PEBS state record will have only a single bit set, in
case it does not and accumulates bits, deal with that by only processing
each event once.

Also, robustify some of the code.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

We should never call ->enable with the pmu enabled, and we _can_ have
->disable called with the pmu enabled.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

I overlooked the perf_disable()/perf_enable() calls in
intel_pmu_handle_irq(), (pointed out by Markus) so we should not
explicitly disable_all/enable_all pebs counters in the drain functions,
these are already disabled and enabling them early is confusing.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Calling ioctl(PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE) on a thottled counter would result
in a double disable, cure this by using x86_pmu_{start,stop} for
throttle/unthrottle and teach x86_pmu_stop() to check ->active_mask.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

It turns out the LBR is massively unreliable on certain CPUs, so code the
fixup a little more defensive to avoid crashing the kernel.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100305154129.042271287@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Fix up the ds allocation error path, where we could free @buffer before
we used it.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100305154128.813452402@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Since there's now two users for this, place it in a common header.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.923774125@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Expose the full PEBS record using PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.847218224@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Saner PERF_CAPABILITIES support, which also exposes pebs_trap. Use that
latter to make PEBS's use of LBR conditional since a fault-like pebs
should already report the correct IP.

( As of this writing there is no known hardware that implements
  !pebs_trap )
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.770650663@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Use the LBR to fix up the PEBS IP+1 issue.

As said, PEBS reports the next instruction, here we use the LBR to find
the last branch and from that construct the actual IP. If the IP matches
the LBR-TO, we use LBR-FROM, otherwise we use the LBR-TO address as the
beginning of the last basic block and decode forward.

Once we find a match to the current IP, we use the previous location.

This patch introduces a new ABI element: PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXACT, which
conveys that the reported IP (PERF_SAMPLE_IP) is the exact instruction
that caused the event (barring CPU errata).

The fixup can fail due to various reasons:

 1) LBR contains invalid data (quite possible)
 2) part of the basic block got paged out
 3) the reported IP isn't part of the basic block (see 1)
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.619375431@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

This patch implements support for Intel Precise Event Based Sampling,
which is an alternative counter mode in which the counter triggers a
hardware assist to collect information on events. The hardware assist
takes a trap like snapshot of a subset of the machine registers.

This data is written to the Intel Debug-Store, which can be programmed
with a data threshold at which to raise a PMI.

With the PEBS hardware assist being trap like, the reported IP is always
one instruction after the actual instruction that triggered the event.

This implements a simple PEBS model that always takes a single PEBS event
at a time. This is done so that the interaction with the rest of the
system is as expected (freq adjust, period randomization, lbr,
callchains, etc.).

It adds an ABI element: perf_event_attr::precise, which indicates that we
wish to use this (constrained, but precise) mode.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.392111285@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>