Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:02:08 -0800
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Subject: [PATCH v3 04/13] perf/x86/amd: add branch-brs helper event for Fam19h BRS
From:   Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
To:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     peterz@infradead.org, kim.phillips@amd.com, acme@redhat.com,
        jolsa@redhat.com, songliubraving@fb.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au,
        maddy@linux.ibm.com
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This patch adds a pseudo event called branch-brs to help use the FAM Fam19h
Branch Sampling feature (BRS). BRS samples taken branches, so it is best used
when sampling on a retired taken branch event (0xc4) which is what BRS
captures.  Instead of trying to remember the event code or actual event name,
users can simply do:

$ perf record -b -e cpu/branch-brs/ -c 1000037 .....

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
index 44d8f618bb3e..597defee1e02 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/core.c
@@ -1105,8 +1105,24 @@ static struct attribute_group group_caps_amd_brs = {
 	.is_visible = amd_brs_is_visible,
 };
 
+#define AMD_FAM19H_BRS_EVENT 0xc4 /* Fam19h RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS */
+EVENT_ATTR_STR(branch-brs, amd_branch_brs,
+	       "event=" __stringify(AMD_FAM19H_BRS_EVENT)"\n");
+
+static struct attribute *amd_brs_events_attrs[] = {
+	EVENT_PTR(amd_branch_brs),
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group group_events_amd_brs = {
+	.name       = "events",
+	.attrs      = amd_brs_events_attrs,
+	.is_visible = amd_brs_is_visible,
+};
+
 static const struct attribute_group *amd_attr_update[] = {
 	&group_caps_amd_brs,
+	&group_events_amd_brs,
 	NULL,
 };
 
-- 
2.34.0.rc2.393.gf8c9666880-goog