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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h index dab39350e51e..cb4e43bce98a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h @@ -196,11 +196,16 @@ static inline u32 get_ibs_caps(void) { return 0; } extern void perf_events_lapic_init(void); /* - * Abuse bit 3 of the cpu eflags register to indicate proper PEBS IP fixups. - * This flag is otherwise unused and ABI specified to be 0, so nobody should - * care what we do with it. + * Abuse bits {3,5} of the cpu eflags register. These flags are otherwise + * unused and ABI specified to be 0, so nobody should care what we do with + * them. + * + * EXACT - the IP points to the exact instruction that triggered the + * event (HW bugs exempt). + * VM - original X86_VM_MASK; see set_linear_ip(). */ #define PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT (1UL << 3) +#define PERF_EFLAGS_VM (1UL << 5) struct pt_regs; extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs); |