[V3 09/10] power8, perf: Change BHRB branch filter configuration

2013-10-16 Thread Anshuman Khandual
Powerpc kernel now supports SW based branch filters for book3s systems with some specifc requirements while dealing with HW supported branch filters in order to achieve overall OR semantics prevailing in perf branch stack sampling framework. This patch adapts the BHRB branch filter configuration

[V3 09/10] power8, perf: Change BHRB branch filter configuration

2013-10-16 Thread Anshuman Khandual
Powerpc kernel now supports SW based branch filters for book3s systems with some specifc requirements while dealing with HW supported branch filters in order to achieve overall OR semantics prevailing in perf branch stack sampling framework. This patch adapts the BHRB branch filter configuration