Le 06/05/2024 à 14:19, Athira Rajeev a écrit :
> Add instruction tracking function "update_insn_state_powerpc" for
> powerpc. Example sequence in powerpc:
>
> ld r10,264(r3)
> mr r31,r3
> <<after some sequence>
> ld r9,312(r31)
Your approach looks fragile.
mr is a simplified instruction which in fact is "or r31, r3, r3"
By the way, the compiler sometimes does it different, like below:
lwz r10,264(r3)
addi r31, r3, 312
lwz r9, 0(r31)
And what about sequences with lwzu ?
>
> Consider ithe sample is pointing to: "ld r9,312(r31)".
> Here the memory reference is hit at "312(r31)" where 312 is the offset
> and r31 is the source register. Previous instruction sequence shows that
> register state of r3 is moved to r31. So to identify the data type for r31
> access, the previous instruction ("mr") needs to be tracked and the
> state type entry has to be updated. Current instruction tracking support
> in perf tools infrastructure is specific to x86. Patch adds this for
> powerpc and adds "mr" instruction to be tracked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atraj...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
