Re: perf tools: add support for generating bpf prologue on powerpc

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon May 09 2016 - 16:14:42 EST


Em Sat, May 07, 2016 at 02:15:36PM +1000, Michael Ellerman escreveu:
> On Thu, 2016-05-05 at 15:23:19 UTC, "Naveen N. Rao" wrote:
> > Generalize existing macros to serve the purpose.
> >
> > Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ian Munsie <imunsie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > With this patch:
> > # ./perf test 37
> > 37: Test BPF filter :
> > 37.1: Test basic BPF filtering : Ok
> > 37.2: Test BPF prologue generation : Ok
> > 37.3: Test BPF relocation checker : Ok
> >
> > tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile | 1 +
> > tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> Looks feasible, and is in powerpc only code, should I take this or acme?

Its upstream already :-)

- Arnaldo