The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 622b7a47b843c78626f40c1d1aeef8483383fba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:17:08 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] perf intel-pt: Use FUP always when scanning for an IP The decoder will try to use branch packets to find an IP to start decoding or to recover from errors. Currently the FUP packet is used only in the case of an overflow, however there is no reason for that to be a special case. So just use FUP always when scanning for an IP. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-8-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c index 72b9dc8135a2..923c60efda26 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c @@ -1882,14 +1882,10 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_to_ip(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder) break; case INTEL_PT_FUP: - if (decoder->overflow) { - if (intel_pt_have_ip(decoder)) - intel_pt_set_ip(decoder); - if (decoder->ip) - return 0; - } - if (decoder->packet.count && decoder->have_last_ip) - intel_pt_set_last_ip(decoder); + if (intel_pt_have_ip(decoder)) + intel_pt_set_ip(decoder); + if (decoder->ip) + return 0; break; case INTEL_PT_MTC: