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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/7] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type
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On 4/24/2017 8:47 AM, Jin, Yao wrote:
>
>
> On 4/23/2017 9:55 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 08:07:50PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>>> +#define X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX 16
>>> +
>>> +static int
>>> +common_branch_type(int type)
>>> +{
>>> + int i, mask;
>>> + const int branch_map[X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX] = {
>>> + PERF_BR_CALL, /* X86_BR_CALL */
>>> + PERF_BR_RET, /* X86_BR_RET */
>>> + PERF_BR_SYSCALL, /* X86_BR_SYSCALL */
>>> + PERF_BR_SYSRET, /* X86_BR_SYSRET */
>>> + PERF_BR_INT, /* X86_BR_INT */
>>> + PERF_BR_IRET, /* X86_BR_IRET */
>>> + PERF_BR_JCC, /* X86_BR_JCC */
>>> + PERF_BR_JMP, /* X86_BR_JMP */
>>> + PERF_BR_IRQ, /* X86_BR_IRQ */
>>> + PERF_BR_IND_CALL, /* X86_BR_IND_CALL */
>>> + PERF_BR_NONE, /* X86_BR_ABORT */
>>> + PERF_BR_NONE, /* X86_BR_IN_TX */
>>> + PERF_BR_NONE, /* X86_BR_NO_TX */
>>> + PERF_BR_CALL, /* X86_BR_ZERO_CALL */
>>> + PERF_BR_NONE, /* X86_BR_CALL_STACK */
>>> + PERF_BR_IND_JMP, /* X86_BR_IND_JMP */
>>> + };
>>> +
>>> + type >>= 2; /* skip X86_BR_USER and X86_BR_KERNEL */
>>> + mask = ~(~0 << 1);
>> is that a fancy way to get 1 into the mask? what do I miss?
>>
>>> +
>>> + for (i = 0; i < X86_BR_TYPE_MAP_MAX; i++) {
>>> + if (type & mask)
>>> + return branch_map[i];
>> I wonder some bit search would be faster in here, but maybe not big deal
>>
>> jirka
>
> I just think the branch_map[] doesn't contain many entries (16 entries
> here), so maybe checking 1 bit one time should be acceptable. I just
> want to keep the code simple.
>
> But if the number of entries is more (e.g. 64), maybe it'd better
> check 2 or 4 bits one time.
>
> Thanks
> Jin Yao
>

Hi,

Is this explanation OK? Since for tools part, it's Acked-by: Jiri Olsa.
I just want to know if the kernel part is OK either?

Thanks
Jin Yao

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