Stephane Eranian a30b87e6bd arm64: pmuv3: dynamically map PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS ...

The mapping of perf_events generic hardware events to actual PMU events on
ARM PMUv3 may not always be correct. This is in particular true for the
PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS event. Although the mapping points to an
architected event, it may not always be available. This can be seen with a
simple:

$ perf stat -e branches sleep 0
 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 0':

   <not supported>      branches

       0.001401081 seconds time elapsed

Yet the hardware does have an event that could be used for branches.

Dynamically check for a supported hardware event which can be used for
PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS at mapping time.

And with that:

$ perf stat -e branches sleep 0

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 0':

           166,739      branches

       0.000832163 seconds time elapsed

Co-developed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Co-developed-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YvunKCJHSXKz%2FkZB@FVFF77S0Q05N
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230411093809.657501-1-peternewman@google.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

2023-04-11 12:35:20 +01:00

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