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Commit c22ac2a3 authored by Song Liu's avatar Song Liu Committed by Alexei Starovoitov
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perf: Enable branch record for software events



The typical way to access branch record (e.g. Intel LBR) is via hardware
perf_event. For CPUs with FREEZE_LBRS_ON_PMI support, PMI could capture
reliable LBR. On the other hand, LBR could also be useful in non-PMI
scenario. For example, in kretprobe or bpf fexit program, LBR could
provide a lot of information on what happened with the function. Add API
to use branch record for software use.

Note that, when the software event triggers, it is necessary to stop the
branch record hardware asap. Therefore, static_call is used to remove some
branch instructions in this process.

Suggested-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSong Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarJohn Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210910183352.3151445-2-songliubraving@fb.com
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