[patch, resend] perf: export struct perf_branch_entry to userspace

From: Vince Weaver
Date: Fri Aug 23 2013 - 15:44:28 EST


On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Vince Weaver wrote:

If PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK is enabled then samples are returned
with the format { u64 from, to, flags } but the flags layout
is not specified.

This field has the type struct perf_branch_entry; move this
definition into include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h so users can
access these fields.

This is similar to the existing inclusion of perf_mem_data_src in
the include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h file.

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 8873f82..65b2553 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -64,30 +64,6 @@ struct perf_raw_record {
};

/*
- * single taken branch record layout:
- *
- * from: source instruction (may not always be a branch insn)
- * to: branch target
- * mispred: branch target was mispredicted
- * predicted: branch target was predicted
- *
- * support for mispred, predicted is optional. In case it
- * is not supported mispred = predicted = 0.
- *
- * in_tx: running in a hardware transaction
- * abort: aborting a hardware transaction
- */
-struct perf_branch_entry {
- __u64 from;
- __u64 to;
- __u64 mispred:1, /* target mispredicted */
- predicted:1,/* target predicted */
- in_tx:1, /* in transaction */
- abort:1, /* transaction abort */
- reserved:60;
-};
-
-/*
* branch stack layout:
* nr: number of taken branches stored in entries[]
*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 0b1df41..c6e2f76 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -685,4 +685,28 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_S(a, s) \
(((u64)PERF_MEM_##a##_##s) << PERF_MEM_##a##_SHIFT)

+/*
+ * single taken branch record layout:
+ *
+ * from: source instruction (may not always be a branch insn)
+ * to: branch target
+ * mispred: branch target was mispredicted
+ * predicted: branch target was predicted
+ *
+ * support for mispred, predicted is optional. In case it
+ * is not supported mispred = predicted = 0.
+ *
+ * in_tx: running in a hardware transaction
+ * abort: aborting a hardware transaction
+ */
+struct perf_branch_entry {
+ __u64 from;
+ __u64 to;
+ __u64 mispred:1, /* target mispredicted */
+ predicted:1,/* target predicted */
+ in_tx:1, /* in transaction */
+ abort:1, /* transaction abort */
+ reserved:60;
+};
+
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */
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