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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] perf, x86: Haswell LBR call stack support
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On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com> wrote:
> From: "Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
>
> Haswell has a new feature that utilizes the existing Last Branch Record
> facility to record call chains. When the feature is enabled, function
> call will be collected as normal, but as return instructions are executed
> the last captured branch record is popped from the on-chip LBR registers.
> The LBR call stack facility can help perf to get call chains of progam
> without frame pointer. When perf tool requests PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN +
> PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER, this feature is dynamically enabled by default.
> This feature can be disabled/enabled through an attribute file in the cpu
> pmu sysfs directory.
>
> The LBR call stack has following known limitations
> 1. Zero length calls are not filtered out by hardware
> 2. Exception handing such as setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns not
> match
> 3. Pushing different return address onto the stack will have calls/returns
> not match
>
I would also add that it does not work with leaf call optimizations:
A calls B, B calls C, C returns to A

and that can be fairly common with small functions.


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