Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] perf/x86: add support for sampling PEBS machine state registers

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Thu Sep 04 2014 - 22:16:41 EST


On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 16:59:07 +0200
Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> PEBS can capture machine state regs at retiremnt of the sampled
> instructions. When precise sampling is enabled on an event, PEBS
> is used, so substitute the interrupted state with the PEBS state.
> Note that not all registers are captured by PEBS. Those missing
> are replaced by the interrupt state counter-parts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c index 9dc4199..139a8a5
> 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> @@ -886,6 +886,23 @@ static void __intel_pmu_pebs_event(struct
> perf_event *event, regs.bp = pebs->bp;
> regs.sp = pebs->sp;
>
> + if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR) {
> + regs.ax = pebs->ax;
> + regs.bx = pebs->bx;
> + regs.cx = pebs->cx;
> + regs.si = pebs->si;
> + regs.di = pebs->di;
> +
> + regs.r8 = pebs->r8;
> + regs.r9 = pebs->r9;
> + regs.r10 = pebs->r10;
> + regs.r11 = pebs->r11;
> + regs.r12 = pebs->r12;
> + regs.r13 = pebs->r13;
> + regs.r14 = pebs->r14;
> + regs.r14 = pebs->r15;
^^^
r15 ???

> + }
> +
> if (event->attr.precise_ip > 1 &&
> x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format >= 2) { regs.ip = pebs->real_ip;
> regs.flags |= PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT;

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