powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+
powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+
On POWER7+ two new bits (mmcra[35] and mmcra[36]) indicate whether the
contents of SIAR and SDAR are valid.
For marked instructions on P7+, we must save the contents of SIAR and
SDAR registers only if these new bits are set.
This code/check for the SIAR-Valid bit is specific to P7+, so rather than
waste a CPU-feature bit use the PVR flag.
Note that Carl Love proposed a similar change for oprofile:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/22/309
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
index 078019b..9710be3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#define PPMU_ALT_SIPR 2 /* uses alternate posn for SIPR/HV */
#define PPMU_NO_SIPR 4 /* no SIPR/HV in MMCRA at all */
#define PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING 8 /* no continuous sampling */
+#define PPMU_SIAR_VALID 16 /* Processor has SIAR Valid bit */
/*
* Values for flags to get_alternatives()