Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:15:08 -0700 | Subject | [PATCH v7 04/13] perf/x86/amd: add branch-brs helper event for Fam19h BRS | From | Stephane Eranian <> |
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Add a pseudo event called branch-brs to help use the FAM Fam19h Branch Sampling feature (BRS). BRS samples taken branches, so it is best used when sampling on a retired taken branch event (0xc4) which is what BRS captures. Instead of trying to remember the event code or actual event name, users can simply do:
$ perf record -b -e cpu/branch-brs/ -c 1000037 .....
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> --- arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c index c7ac70d8ed9a..f7bce8364fe4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c @@ -1145,8 +1145,23 @@ static struct attribute_group group_caps_amd_brs = { .is_visible = amd_brs_is_visible, }; +EVENT_ATTR_STR(branch-brs, amd_branch_brs, + "event=" __stringify(AMD_FAM19H_BRS_EVENT)"\n"); + +static struct attribute *amd_brs_events_attrs[] = { + EVENT_PTR(amd_branch_brs), + NULL, +}; + +static struct attribute_group group_events_amd_brs = { + .name = "events", + .attrs = amd_brs_events_attrs, + .is_visible = amd_brs_is_visible, +}; + static const struct attribute_group *amd_attr_update[] = { &group_caps_amd_brs, + &group_events_amd_brs, NULL, }; -- 2.35.1.894.gb6a874cedc-goog
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