[PATCH v3] perf arm-spe: Synthesize SPE instruction events

Leo Yan leo.yan at linaro.org
Thu Dec 16 22:34:13 PST 2021


On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 04:53:45PM -0800, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 7:24 AM German Gomez <german.gomez at arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Synthesize instruction events for every ARM SPE record.
> >
> > Arm SPE implements a hardware-based sample period, and perf implements a
> > software-based one. Add a warning message to inform the user of this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: German Gomez <german.gomez at arm.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung at kernel.org>

Tested this patch with perf commands (record/report/mem) and looks good
to me:

Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>



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