Re: [patch] perf: ARMv7 wrong "branches" generalized instruction

[Måns Rullgård]

Vince Weaver <vweaver1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Will Deacon wrote:
>
>> > It turns out the branches event used (ARMV7_PERFCTR_PC_WRITE) only seems
>> > to count taken branches.
>>
>> It also counts exceptions and instructions that write to the PC.
>
> are those more common than not-taken branches? 

Every function return and every PLT call would fall in this category.

> I'd think branch predictor statistics will be a bit off if only taken
> instructions are measured.

Clearly.

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Måns Rullgård
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