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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 10:51:35 +0000 (11:51 +0100)
commitf26f0e7770a15f80f10e0e35486e1cc038e0d88b
tree39704e6436ec51e887c8869989650fcd6b134def
parent8096a2c6b9f627b5640d5cd04572801c1cccac24
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