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powerpc/perf: Exclude kernel samples while counting events in user space.
authorAthira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 25 Nov 2020 07:26:55 +0000 (02:26 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:42:43 +0000 (13:42 +0100)
commit72af4b7a6f346e9d3c8ba7b3f35ed3d3bb07b376
tree087c86ce392fde6ca8efc883c246bc0c564c0a64
parent672f2ad63af721ff757f0a99a0da785b948a9d9b
powerpc/perf: Exclude kernel samples while counting events in user space.

commit aa8e21c053d72b6639ea5a7f1d3a1d0209534c94 upstream.

Perf event attritube supports exclude_kernel flag to avoid
sampling/profiling in supervisor state (kernel). Based on this event
attr flag, Monitor Mode Control Register bit is set to freeze on
supervisor state. But sometimes (due to hardware limitation), Sampled
Instruction Address Register (SIAR) locks on to kernel address even
when freeze on supervisor is set. Patch here adds a check to drop
those samples.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1606289215-1433-1-git-send-email-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c