[PATCH 1/5] perf: New conditional branch filter criteria in branch stack sampling

[Anshuman Khandual]

POWER8 PMU based BHRB supports filtering for conditional branches.
This patch introduces new branch filter PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND which
will extend the existing perf ABI. Other architectures can provide
this functionality with either HW filtering support (if present) or
with SW filtering of instructions.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index fb104e5..cb0de86 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ enum perf_branch_sample_type {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL	= 1U << 4, /* any call branch */
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN	= 1U << 5, /* any return branch */
 	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL	= 1U << 6, /* indirect calls */
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND		= 1U << 7, /* conditional branches */
 
-	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 7, /* non-ABI */
+	PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX		= 1U << 8, /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 #define PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL \
-- 
1.7.11.7

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