[PATCH v1 1/3] perf: add new PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP branch sample type

[Stephane Eranian]

This patch adds a new branch_sample_type flag to enable
filtering branch sampling to indirect jumps. The support
is subject to hardware or kernel software support on each
architecture.

Filtering on indirect jump is useful to study the targets
of the jump.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 309211b..c4622f1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type_shift {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND_SHIFT		= 10, /* conditional branches */
 
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK_SHIFT	= 11, /* call/ret stack */
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP_SHIFT	= 12, /* indirect jumps */
 
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT		/* non-ABI */
 };
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND		= 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND_SHIFT,
 
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK	= 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK_SHIFT,
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP	= 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP_SHIFT,
 
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX_SHIFT,
 };
-- 
1.9.1

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