perf, x86: Implement simple LBR support
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:02:30 +0000 (12:02 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:23:32 +0000 (13:23 +0100)
Implement simple suport Intel Last-Branch-Record, it supports all
hardware that implements FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI, but does not (yet) implement
the LBR config register.

The Intel LBR is a FIFO of From,To addresses describing the last few
branches the hardware took.

This patch does not add perf interface to the LBR, but merely provides an
interface for internal use.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.544191154@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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