[PATCH V4 02/10] powerpc, perf: Enable conditional branch filter for POWER8

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Wed Dec 04 2013 - 05:36:29 EST


Enables conditional branch filter support for POWER8
utilizing MMCRA register based filter and also invalidates
any BHRB branch filter combination.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index a3f7abd..e88b9cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -586,6 +586,16 @@ static u64 power8_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
return pmu_bhrb_filter;
}

+ if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND) {
+ pmu_bhrb_filter |= POWER8_MMCRA_IFM3;
+ return pmu_bhrb_filter;
+ }
+
+ /* PMU does not support ANY combination of HW BHRB filters */
+ if ((branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL) &&
+ (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND))
+ return -1;
+
/* Every thing else is unsupported */
return -1;
}
--
1.7.11.7

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