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Commit b4b046ff authored by Adrian Hunter's avatar Adrian Hunter Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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perf intel-pt: Add a config for max loops without consuming a packet



The Intel PT decoder limits the number of unconditional branches (e.g.
jmps) decoded without consuming any trace packets. Generally, a loop
needs a conditional branch which generates a TNT packet, whereas a "ret"
instruction will generate a TIP or TNT packet. So exceeding the limit is
assumed to be a never-ending loop, which can happen if there has been a
decoding error putting the decoder at the wrong place in the code.

Up until now, the limit of 10000 has been enough but some analytic
purposes have been reported to exceed that.

Increase the limit to 100000, and make it configurable via perf config
intel-pt.max-loops. Also amend the "Never-ending loop" message to
mention the configuration entry.

Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210701175132.3977-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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