This patch does some code re-arrangements to make it clear that kernel
ignores any separate privilege level branch filter request and does not
support any combinations of HW PMU branch filters.
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khand...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c | 22 +++++++---------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index 396351d..a6c6a2c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ static int power8_generic_events[] = {
static u64 power8_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
{
- u64 pmu_bhrb_filter = 0;
-
/* BHRB and regular PMU events share the same privilege state
* filter configuration. BHRB is always recorded along with a
* regular PMU event. As the privilege state filter is handled
@@ -665,21 +663,15 @@ static u64 power8_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
* PMU event, we ignore any separate BHRB specific request.
*/
- /* No branch filter requested */
- if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY)
- return pmu_bhrb_filter;
-
- /* Invalid branch filter options - HW does not support */
- if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN)
- return -1;
+ /* Ignore user, kernel, hv bits */
+ branch_sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL;
- if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL)
- return -1;
+ /* No branch filter requested */
+ if (branch_sample_type == PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY)
+ return 0;
- if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL) {
- pmu_bhrb_filter |= POWER8_MMCRA_IFM1;
- return pmu_bhrb_filter;
- }
+ if (branch_sample_type == PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL)
+ return POWER8_MMCRA_IFM1;
/* Every thing else is unsupported */
return -1;
--
2.1.0
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