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author | 2012-09-11 23:22:25 -0700 | |
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committer | 2012-09-11 23:22:25 -0700 | |
commit | f46e374c1ea7fafce70a838f09fbd67de3e4d49f (patch) | |
tree | e191e5316bdb8558bd3e2b0981c715bedd225ca7 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h | |
parent | Merge branch 'ks8695/boards' into next/boards (diff) | |
parent | ARM: shmobile: marzen: enable thermal sensor (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'boards' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas into next/boards
* 'boards' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas:
ARM: shmobile: marzen: enable thermal sensor
ARM: shmobile: marzen: fixup regulator id for smsc911x
ARM: shmobile: marzen: add SDHI0 support
+ sync to 3.6-rc4
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h index 821d53b696d1..6605a81ba339 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h @@ -516,6 +516,26 @@ static inline bool kernel_ip(unsigned long ip) #endif } +/* + * Not all PMUs provide the right context information to place the reported IP + * into full context. Specifically segment registers are typically not + * supplied. + * + * Assuming the address is a linear address (it is for IBS), we fake the CS and + * vm86 mode using the known zero-based code segment and 'fix up' the registers + * to reflect this. + * + * Intel PEBS/LBR appear to typically provide the effective address, nothing + * much we can do about that but pray and treat it like a linear address. + */ +static inline void set_linear_ip(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip) +{ + regs->cs = kernel_ip(ip) ? __KERNEL_CS : __USER_CS; + if (regs->flags & X86_VM_MASK) + regs->flags ^= (PERF_EFLAGS_VM | X86_VM_MASK); + regs->ip = ip; +} + #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD int amd_pmu_init(void); |