RE: [PATCH V5 14/16] perf, x86: enable LBR callstack when recording callchain

[Liang, Kan]

>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:09:11AM -0400, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > If a task specific event wants user space callchain but does not want
> > branch stack sampling, enable the LBR call stack facility implicitly.
> > The LBR call stack facility can help perf to get user space callchain
> > in case of there is no frame pointer.
> >
> > Note: this feature only affects how to get user callchain. The kernel
> > callchain is always got by frame pointers.
>
> Yeah, don't like this either. Suppose you have sane userspace (with
> framepointers enabled) then you're now loosing the better option.

FP is the first option. This patch tries to enable LBR call stack facility implicitly.
Only when FP disabled or failed, we try to use LBR call stack.
Please refer to the previous patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/10/376

Kan

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