Re: [PATCH 7/8] powerpc/perf: Core EBB support for 64-bit book3s

2013-06-27 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 14:08 +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote: On 06/24/2013 04:58 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Add support for EBB (Event Based Branches) on 64-bit book3s. See the included documentation for more details. .. + + +Terminology +--- + +Throughout this document

Re: [PATCH 7/8] powerpc/perf: Core EBB support for 64-bit book3s

2013-06-26 Thread Anshuman Khandual
On 06/24/2013 04:58 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Add support for EBB (Event Based Branches) on 64-bit book3s. See the included documentation for more details. EBBs are a feature which allows the hardware to branch directly to a specified user space address when a PMU event overflows. This can

[PATCH 7/8] powerpc/perf: Core EBB support for 64-bit book3s

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Ellerman
Add support for EBB (Event Based Branches) on 64-bit book3s. See the included documentation for more details. EBBs are a feature which allows the hardware to branch directly to a specified user space address when a PMU event overflows. This can be used by programs for self-monitoring with no