perf/x86/intel: Discard zero length call entries in LBR call stack
authorYan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
Wed, 5 Nov 2014 02:56:11 +0000 (21:56 -0500)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:16:14 +0000 (17:16 +0100)
"Zero length call" uses the attribute of the call instruction to push
the immediate instruction pointer on to the stack and then pops off
that address into a register. This is accomplished without any matching
return instruction. It confuses the hardware and make the recorded call
stack incorrect.

We can partially resolve this issue by: decode call instructions and
discard any zero length call entry in the LBR stack.

Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: jolsa@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1415156173-10035-16-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c