Re: [PATCH v6 2/7] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type

From: Jin, Yao
Date: Sun May 07 2017 - 20:49:59 EST




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