[PATCH v2 09/11] perf arm-spe: Set sample flags with supplement info

Leo Yan leo.yan at arm.com
Fri Feb 14 03:19:34 PST 2025


Based on the supplement information in the record, this commit sets the
sample flags for conditional branch, function call, return.  It also
sets events in flags, such as mispredict, not taken, and in transaction.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index 251d214adf7f..e41905a009bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -482,6 +482,26 @@ static void arm_spe__sample_flags(struct arm_spe_queue *speq)
 
 		if (record->type & ARM_SPE_BRANCH_MISS)
 			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_BRANCH_MISS;
+
+		if (record->type & ARM_SPE_BRANCH_NOT_TAKEN)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_NOT_TAKEN;
+
+		if (record->type & ARM_SPE_IN_TXN)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_IN_TX;
+
+		if (record->op & ARM_SPE_OP_BR_COND)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_CONDITIONAL;
+
+		if (record->op & ARM_SPE_OP_BR_CR_BL)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_CALL;
+		else if (record->op & ARM_SPE_OP_BR_CR_RET)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN;
+		/*
+		 * Indirect branch instruction without link (e.g. BR),
+		 * take it as a function return.
+		 */
+		else if (record->op & ARM_SPE_OP_BR_INDIRECT)
+			speq->flags |= PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN;
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1




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