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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index 51cfd91cc387..d21326558d42 100644 --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -4877,6 +4877,27 @@ union bpf_attr { * Get the struct pt_regs associated with **task**. * Return * A pointer to struct pt_regs. + * + * long bpf_get_branch_snapshot(void *entries, u32 size, u64 flags) + * Description + * Get branch trace from hardware engines like Intel LBR. The + * hardware engine is stopped shortly after the helper is + * called. Therefore, the user need to filter branch entries + * based on the actual use case. To capture branch trace + * before the trigger point of the BPF program, the helper + * should be called at the beginning of the BPF program. + * + * The data is stored as struct perf_branch_entry into output + * buffer *entries*. *size* is the size of *entries* in bytes. + * *flags* is reserved for now and must be zero. + * + * Return + * On success, number of bytes written to *buf*. On error, a + * negative value. + * + * **-EINVAL** if *flags* is not zero. + * + * **-ENOENT** if architecture does not support branch records. */ #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \ FN(unspec), \ @@ -5055,6 +5076,7 @@ union bpf_attr { FN(get_func_ip), \ FN(get_attach_cookie), \ FN(task_pt_regs), \ + FN(get_branch_snapshot), \ /* */ /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper |