[PATCH v4 3/5] perf record: Create a new option save_type in --branch-filter
From: Jin Yao <hidden>
Date: 2017-04-11 14:23:25
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Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Namhyung Kim, Linus Torvalds
The option indicates the kernel to save branch type during sampling. One example: perf record -g --branch-filter any,save_type <command> Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <redacted> --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 1 + tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index ea3789d..e2f5a4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ following filters are defined: - no_tx: only when the target is not in a hardware transaction - abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort - cond: conditional branches + - save_type: save branch type during sampling in case binary is not available later + The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 38fd115..e71fb5f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = { BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND), BRANCH_OPT("ind_jmp", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP), BRANCH_OPT("call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL), + BRANCH_OPT("save_type", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE), BRANCH_END };
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