Commit-ID: 60f83fa6341dab4aec01cee354ea902771473adb
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/60f83fa6341dab4aec01cee354ea902771473adb
Author: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:13:11 +0800
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:14:39 -0300
perf record: Create a new option save_type in --branch-filter
The option indicates the kernel to save branch type during sampling.
One example:
perf record -g --branch-filter any,save_type <command>
Signed-off-by: Yao Jin <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1500379995-6449-4-git-send-email-yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 1 +
tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index b0e9e92..9bdea04 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ following filters are defined:
- no_tx: only when the target is not in a hardware transaction
- abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort
- cond: conditional branches
+ - save_type: save branch type during sampling in case binary is not available later
+
The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 38fd115..e71fb5f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND),
BRANCH_OPT("ind_jmp", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP),
BRANCH_OPT("call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL),
+ BRANCH_OPT("save_type", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE),
BRANCH_END
};
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