Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf/x86/amd: AMD support for bp_len >HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Wed Jan 08 2014 - 20:24:24 EST


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 06:28:23AM -0600, suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx wrote:
> @@ -295,11 +301,17 @@ static int arch_build_bp_info(struct perf_event *bp)
> break;
> #endif
> default:
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (!is_power_of_2(bp->attr.bp_len))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (!cpu_has_bpext)
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + info->mask = bp->attr.bp_len - 1;
> + info->len = X86_BREAKPOINT_LEN_1;

I think I asked this before but I can't remember. So dr7 must have
length as LEN_1 for breakpoint extension?
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