perf: Enable branch record for software events
authorSong Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:33:50 +0000 (11:33 -0700)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:53:50 +0000 (10:53 -0700)
commitc22ac2a3d4bd83411ebf0b1726e9e5fc4f5e7ebf
tree5a4286065571c6433ae43c49182fd8bbb9406c32
parent3384c7c7641b44987e35eadbc9df6c16a0520159
perf: Enable branch record for software events

The typical way to access branch record (e.g. Intel LBR) is via hardware
perf_event. For CPUs with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI support, PMI could capture
reliable LBR. On the other hand, LBR could also be useful in non-PMI
scenario. For example, in kretprobe or bpf fexit program, LBR could
provide a lot of information on what happened with the function. Add API
to use branch record for software use.

Note that, when the software event triggers, it is necessary to stop the
branch record hardware asap. Therefore, static_call is used to remove some
branch instructions in this process.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210910183352.3151445-2-songliubraving@fb.com
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
include/linux/perf_event.h
kernel/events/core.c