Re: [PATCH V2 0/2] perf/x86/intel/pt: Add support for event tracing and TNT disabling

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Tue Feb 15 2022 - 09:18:28 EST


On 08/02/2022 08:28, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 12:48, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> As of Intel SDM (https://www.intel.com/sdm) version 076, there are 2 new
>> Intel PT features called Event Trace and TNT-Disable.
>>
>> Event Trace exposes details about asynchronous events such as interrupts
>> and VM-Entry/Exit.
>>
>> TNT-Disable disables TNT packets to reduce the tracing overhead, but with
>> the result that exact control flow information is lost.
>>
>> Tools patches are being sent in a separate patch set, but can be found
>> here:
>>
>> https://github.com/ahunter6/linux/tree/event-trace
>>
>>
>> Changes in V2:
>>
>> Add my SOB
>
> Ping

Any comments on these patches?

>
>
>>
>>
>> Alexander Shishkin (2):
>> perf/x86/intel/pt: Add a capability and config bit for event tracing
>> perf/x86/intel/pt: Add a capability and config bit for disabling TNTs
>>
>> arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>> arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h | 2 ++
>> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Adrian
>>
>