Re: [PATCH] perf: Add DWARF register lookup for SH

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon Jul 12 2010 - 04:56:11 EST


Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 07:23:44AM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:54:43 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Matt Fleming wrote:
>>>> Implement get_arch_regstr() for SH so that, given a DWARF register
>>>> number, the corresponding symbolic name of that register can be looked
>>>> up.
>>> OK, the patch itself looks good, but I don't know whether SH kernel
>>> supports KPROBE_EVENT which is required for perf-probe. Or, SH kernel
>>> repository already has it?
>> No, SH doesn't support KPROBE_EVENT yet. It's on my list of things to
>> do. However, this patch also stops the "DWARF register mappings have not
>> been defined" warning when building perf.
>
> It does now, by virtue of HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API. The initial
> support for this was checked in on June 14th, so you should be able to
> use it already as long as you're working with current HEAD.

Wow, that's great! :)

Thanks!

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Masami HIRAMATSU
2nd Research Dept.
Hitachi, Ltd., Systems Development Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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