Re: [PATCH] perf arm-spe: Add raw decoding for SPEv1.2 previous branch address

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 20:15:18 EST


Em Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:09:46AM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 02:59:51PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > Arm SPEv1.2 adds a new optional address packet type: previous branch
> > target. The recorded address is the target virtual address of the most
> > recently taken branch in program order.
> >
> > Add support for decoding the address packet in raw dumps.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c | 4 +++-
> > tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
> > index 2f311189c6e8..e92e1a7c8a8e 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
> > @@ -422,16 +422,18 @@ static int arm_spe_pkt_desc_addr(const struct arm_spe_pkt *packet,
> > int ch, pat;
> > u64 payload = packet->payload;
> > int err = 0;
> > + static const char *idx_name[] = {"PC", "TGT", "VA", "PA", "LBR" };
>
> I know you use the "LBR" which is a naming convention from X86 arch,
> Armv8 ARM defines the name "PBT", so "PBT" would be easier for us to
> match code with architecture specification.
>
> "LBR" is also fine for me, it's up to you if you want to update for
> this:

Waiting for a response to this.

- Arnaldo

> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > switch (idx) {
> > case SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_INS:
> > case SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_BRANCH:
> > + case SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_PREV_BRANCH:
> > ns = !!SPE_ADDR_PKT_GET_NS(payload);
> > el = SPE_ADDR_PKT_GET_EL(payload);
> > payload = SPE_ADDR_PKT_ADDR_GET_BYTES_0_6(payload);
> > arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len,
> > "%s 0x%llx el%d ns=%d",
> > - (idx == 1) ? "TGT" : "PC", payload, el, ns);
> > + idx_name[idx], payload, el, ns);
> > break;
> > case SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_DATA_VIRT:
> > arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len,
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
> > index 9b970e7bf1e2..f75ed3a8a050 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
> > @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct arm_spe_pkt {
> > #define SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_BRANCH 0x1
> > #define SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_DATA_VIRT 0x2
> > #define SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_DATA_PHYS 0x3
> > +#define SPE_ADDR_PKT_HDR_INDEX_PREV_BRANCH 0x4
> >
> > /* Address packet payload */
> > #define SPE_ADDR_PKT_ADDR_BYTE7_SHIFT 56
> > --
> > 2.39.0
> >

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- Arnaldo