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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>
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:26:10 +0000 (11:26 +0100)
commite1ea748795f0b491efb6f04c250ae9b995cde23c
tree8266711e4beb61f2905d244bcc3e2a949203e259
parent275d8f007b6078c0229ca5ee282c904fc0948cbb
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