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SubjectRe: [PATCH 06/12] perf/x86-ibs: Precise event sampling with IBS for AMD CPUs
On 14.04.12 12:24:58, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 20:19 +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> > + switch (event->attr.type) {
> > + case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
> > + switch (event->attr.config) {
> > + case PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES:
> > + *config = 0;
> > + return 0;
> > + }
> > + break;
> > + case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
> > + switch (event->attr.config) {
> > + case 0x0076:
> > + *config = 0;
> > + return 0;
> > + case 0x00C1:
> > + *config = IBS_OP_CNT_CTL;
> > + return 0;
> > + }
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + return -ENOENT;
> > + }
>
> Another option would be to do this from amd_pmu_hw_config() after you've
> already gotten rid of the whole attr.type thing.

I didn't want to have IBS setup code in amd_pmu_hw_config(). The
approach to pass the configuration for precise sampling to the ibs pmu
was the simplest to me.

-Robert

--
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center



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