On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 06:05:55PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c > index c88ed39..c81f160 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c > +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c > @@ -1277,3 +1277,26 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_init_knl(void) > if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format == LBR_FORMAT_LIP) > x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format = LBR_FORMAT_EIP_FLAGS; > } > + > +/** > + * perf_get_lbr_stack - get the lbr stack related MSRs > + * > + * @stack: the caller's memory to get the lbr stack > + * > + * Returns: 0 indicates that the lbr stack has been successfully obtained. > + */ > +int perf_get_lbr_stack(struct perf_lbr_stack *stack) > +{ > + stack->nr = x86_pmu.lbr_nr; > + stack->tos = x86_pmu.lbr_tos; > + stack->from = x86_pmu.lbr_from; > + stack->to = x86_pmu.lbr_to; > + > + if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format == LBR_FORMAT_INFO) > + stack->info = MSR_LBR_INFO_0; > + else > + stack->info = 0; > + > + return 0; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_get_lbr_stack); Blergh, I know KVM is a module but it really sucks having to export everything :/ > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h > index 12f5408..84cc8cb 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h > @@ -267,7 +267,16 @@ struct perf_guest_switch_msr { > u64 host, guest; > }; > > +struct perf_lbr_stack { > + int nr; Do we need a negative number of LBR entries? > + unsigned long tos; > + unsigned long from; > + unsigned long to; > + unsigned long info; These are all MSR values, that can be 'unsigned int', right? If so, please also fix struct x86_pmu for that. > +}; > + > extern struct perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr); > +extern int perf_get_lbr_stack(struct perf_lbr_stack *stack); > extern void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap); > extern void perf_check_microcode(void); > #else I would like to use the x86_perf namespace or something along those lines, this is very much not a generic perf interface -- it is very much x86 (or rather even Intel) specific.