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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 8 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 547773f5894e..68e21e828893 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -93,14 +93,26 @@ struct perf_raw_record { /* * branch stack layout: * nr: number of taken branches stored in entries[] + * hw_idx: The low level index of raw branch records + * for the most recent branch. + * -1ULL means invalid/unknown. * * Note that nr can vary from sample to sample * branches (to, from) are stored from most recent * to least recent, i.e., entries[0] contains the most * recent branch. + * The entries[] is an abstraction of raw branch records, + * which may not be stored in age order in HW, e.g. Intel LBR. + * The hw_idx is to expose the low level index of raw + * branch record for the most recent branch aka entries[0]. + * The hw_idx index is between -1 (unknown) and max depth, + * which can be retrieved in /sys/devices/cpu/caps/branches. + * For the architectures whose raw branch records are + * already stored in age order, the hw_idx should be 0. */ struct perf_branch_stack { __u64 nr; + __u64 hw_idx; struct perf_branch_entry entries[0]; }; diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h index 377d794d3105..397cfd65b3fe 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type_shift { PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE_SHIFT = 16, /* save branch type */ + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX_SHIFT = 17, /* save low level index of raw branch records */ + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT /* non-ABI */ }; @@ -208,6 +210,8 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type { PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE = 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE_SHIFT, + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX = 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX_SHIFT, + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX = 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT, }; @@ -853,7 +857,9 @@ enum perf_event_type { * char data[size];}&& PERF_SAMPLE_RAW * * { u64 nr; - * { u64 from, to, flags } lbr[nr];} && PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK + * { u64 hw_idx; } && PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX + * { u64 from, to, flags } lbr[nr]; + * } && PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK * * { u64 abi; # enum perf_sample_regs_abi * u64 regs[weight(mask)]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER |