perf: Split out arch specific code & improve PowerPC perf probe support
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From: Ian Munsie on 14 Apr 2010 01:10 These patches add the required mappings to use perf probe on PowerPC. Functionality wise it requires the patch titled "powerpc: Add kprobe-based event tracer" from the powerpc-next tree to provide the HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API required for CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT. The code will still compile cleanly without it and will fail gracefully at runtime on the missing CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT support as before. Part 1 of the patch series moves the arch dependent x86 32 and 64 bit DWARF register number mappings out into a separate arch directory and adds the necessary Makefile foo to use it. Part 2 of the patch series adds the PowerPC mappings. Changes since v1: From Masami Hiramatsu's suggestion, I added a check in the Makefile for if the arch specific Makefile defines PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS, printing a message during build if it has not. This simplifies the code removing the odd macro from the previous version and the need for an arch specific arch_dwarf-regs.h. I have not entirely disabled DWARF support for architectures that don't implement the register mappings, so that they can still add a probe based on a line number (they will be missing the ability to capture the value of a variable from a register). Thanks, -Ian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Ian Munsie on 20 Apr 2010 03:40
Excerpts from Ian Munsie's message of Tue Apr 20 16:58:31 +1000 2010: > Here's the 4th version of the perf probe PowerPC support and perf arch specific > infrastructure patches rebased on top of tip/perf/core. That should read "rebased on top of tip/master". Cheers, -Ian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |