diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 2bcc6d714b3f5d27339d43132b32ab3ff60b2781..9218eecba0216f7e3b3a9f6d06a338701d5dd1c7 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -1927,6 +1927,7 @@
<event name='instructions' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='cache_references' enabled='no'/>
<event name='cache_misses' enabled='no'/>
+ <event name='branch_instructions' enabled='no'/>
</perf>
...
@@ -1972,6 +1973,11 @@
the count of cache misses by applications running on the platform |
perf.cache_misses |
+
+ branch_instructions |
+ the count of branch instructions by applications running on the platform |
+ perf.branch_instructions |
+
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 2800552759e36624a3ae56e70d11c1198656e3e7..c004233e75acd32c8517b1dfbf7024fb0591803d 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
instructions
cache_references
cache_misses
+ branch_instructions
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index d64bb48eac58c60f32086bbd3d2fb26344b6797d..f43c9765a1c1717d3f614702c0d35eca620d6bf1 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -2125,6 +2125,16 @@ void virDomainStatsRecordListFree(virDomainStatsRecordPtr *stats);
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CPU_CYCLES "cpu_cycles"
+/**
+ * VIR_PERF_PARAM_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS:
+ *
+ * Macro for typed parameter name that represents branch_instructions
+ * perf event which can be used to measure the count of branch instructions
+ * by applications running on the platform. It corresponds to the
+ * "perf.branch_instructions" field in the *Stats APIs.
+ */
+# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS "branch_instructions"
+
int virDomainGetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
virTypedParameterPtr *params,
int *nparams,
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index e0f4a51fc8fea748b380e3d3e6a4177dfb13a9db..6481abf38e93f7a1c409248dff5ba332b3e0bade 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11226,9 +11226,9 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
* It is produced by cache_references perf event.
* "perf.instructions" - The count of instructions as unsigned long long.
* It is produced by instructions perf event.
- * "perf.cpu_cycles" - The count of cpu cycles (total/elapsed) as an
- * unsigned long long. It is produced by cpu_cycles
- * perf event.
+ * "perf.branch_instructions" - The count of branch instructions as
+ * unsigned long long. It is produced by
+ * branch_instructions perf event.
*
* Note that entire stats groups or individual stat fields may be missing from
* the output in case they are not supported by the given hypervisor, are not
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4f624cbde6839d2ccdd636048f2a620c57b7b424..6b177e9e5b250ecaa832b664db221a33a8c98f15 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9857,6 +9857,7 @@ qemuDomainSetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_INSTRUCTIONS, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_REFERENCES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_MISSES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
+ VIR_PERF_PARAM_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
NULL) < 0)
return -1;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.c b/src/util/virperf.c
index 5d57962442e9d110140a72a69aa5366797c95754..635faf1ca14eb5f95b6f870f62ac433613331854 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.c
+++ b/src/util/virperf.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("util.perf");
VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virPerfEvent, VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST,
"cmt", "mbmt", "mbml",
"cpu_cycles", "instructions",
- "cache_references", "cache_misses");
+ "cache_references", "cache_misses",
+ "branch_instructions");
struct virPerfEvent {
int type;
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ static struct virPerfEventAttr attrs[] = {
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_MISSES,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES},
+ {.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS,
+ .attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS},
};
typedef struct virPerfEventAttr *virPerfEventAttrPtr;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.h b/src/util/virperf.h
index 3fca2d0352d7bfc76f64419cb80d20add93ae6ea..8ebc03cbb20ff1505210c2351749410a454820ae 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.h
+++ b/src/util/virperf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ typedef enum {
VIR_PERF_EVENT_INSTRUCTIONS, /* Count of instructions for application */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_REFERENCES, /* Cache hits by applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_MISSES, /* Cache misses by applications */
+ VIR_PERF_EVENT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS, /* Count of branch instructions
+ for applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST
} virPerfEventType;
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
index a91413367e373af74ebfd6f4ccd124936dc153a8..92e584762d33f4b2553b22b676253c3291595726 100644
--- a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 6b838eea44d2aefeb9a79e0561b26d43397c142a..869062aa5aef241afdcbfb0e41c8c7f3322cff67 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ I<--perf> returns the statistics of all enabled perf events:
"perf.cpu_cycles" - the count of cpu cycles (total/elapsed),
"perf.instructions" - the count of instructions,
"perf.cache_references" - the count of cache hits,
-"perf.cache_misses" - the count of caches misses
+"perf.cache_misses" - the count of caches misses,
+"perf.branch_instructions" - the count of application branch instructions
See the B command for more details about each event.
@@ -2292,6 +2293,9 @@ B
(total/elapsed). May be used with
instructions in order to get a cycles
per instruction.
+ branch_instructions - Provides the count of branch instructions
+ executed by applications running on the
+ platform.
B: The statistics can be retrieved using the B command using
the I<--perf> flag.