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 <[email protected]> --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
