This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf intel-pt: Ensure never to set 'last_ip' when packet 'count' is zero
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-intel-pt-ensure-never-to-set-last_ip-when-packet-count-is-zero.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From f952eaceb089b691eba7c4e13686e742a8f26bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:17:07 +0300
Subject: perf intel-pt: Ensure never to set 'last_ip' when packet 'count' is zero
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
commit f952eaceb089b691eba7c4e13686e742a8f26bf5 upstream.
Intel PT uses IP compression based on the last IP. For decoding purposes,
'last IP' is not updated when a branch target has been suppressed, which is
indicated by IPBytes == 0. IPBytes is stored in the packet 'count', so
ensure never to set 'last_ip' when packet 'count' is zero.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-7-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -1438,7 +1438,8 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_psbend(struct i
case INTEL_PT_FUP:
decoder->pge = true;
- intel_pt_set_last_ip(decoder);
+ if (decoder->packet.count)
+ intel_pt_set_last_ip(decoder);
break;
case INTEL_PT_MODE_TSX:
@@ -1724,8 +1725,9 @@ next:
static inline bool intel_pt_have_ip(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder)
{
- return decoder->have_last_ip || decoder->packet.count == 0 ||
- decoder->packet.count == 3 || decoder->packet.count == 6;
+ return decoder->packet.count &&
+ (decoder->have_last_ip || decoder->packet.count == 3 ||
+ decoder->packet.count == 6);
}
/* Walk PSB+ packets to get in sync. */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/perf-intel-pt-ensure-never-to-set-last_ip-when-packet-count-is-zero.patch
queue-4.4/perf-intel-pt-use-fup-always-when-scanning-for-an-ip.patch
queue-4.4/perf-intel-pt-fix-last_ip-usage.patch
queue-4.4/perf-intel-pt-fix-ip-compression.patch