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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-09-05 15:35:48 -0700
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-09-05 15:35:48 -0700
commit1875962377574b4edb7b164001e3e341c25290d5 (patch)
tree374a5299403ec21e2d9a66a6548ce876a388b589 /arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
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Merge branch 'soc-core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas into next/dt
* 'soc-core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas: ARM: mach-shmobile: Add compilation support for dtbs using 'make dtbs' + sync to 3.6-rc3
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index dab3935..cb4e43b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -196,11 +196,16 @@ static inline u32 get_ibs_caps(void) { return 0; }
extern void perf_events_lapic_init(void);
/*
- * Abuse bit 3 of the cpu eflags register to indicate proper PEBS IP fixups.
- * This flag is otherwise unused and ABI specified to be 0, so nobody should
- * care what we do with it.
+ * Abuse bits {3,5} of the cpu eflags register. These flags are otherwise
+ * unused and ABI specified to be 0, so nobody should care what we do with
+ * them.
+ *
+ * EXACT - the IP points to the exact instruction that triggered the
+ * event (HW bugs exempt).
+ * VM - original X86_VM_MASK; see set_linear_ip().
*/
#define PERF_EFLAGS_EXACT (1UL << 3)
+#define PERF_EFLAGS_VM (1UL << 5)
struct pt_regs;
extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
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