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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c index ec5b771029e4..9cc1c4a9dec4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #include "util/debug.h" #include "util/evsel.h" #include "util/evlist.h" +#include "util/pmu.h" #include "book3s_hv_exits.h" #include "book3s_hcalls.h" @@ -177,8 +178,9 @@ int cpu_isa_init(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, const char *cpuid __maybe_unused) /* * Incase of powerpc architecture, pmu registers are programmable * by guest kernel. So monitoring guest via host may not provide - * valid samples. It is better to fail the "perf kvm record" - * with default "cycles" event to monitor guest in powerpc. + * valid samples with default 'cycles' event. It is better to use + * 'trace_imc/trace_cycles' event for guest profiling, since it + * can track the guest instruction pointer in the trace-record. * * Function to parse the arguments and return appropriate values. */ @@ -202,8 +204,14 @@ int kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc, const char **argv) parse_options(j, tmp, event_options, NULL, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN); if (!event) { - free(tmp); - return -EINVAL; + if (pmu_have_event("trace_imc", "trace_cycles")) { + argv[j++] = strdup("-e"); + argv[j++] = strdup("trace_imc/trace_cycles/"); + *argc += 2; + } else { + free(tmp); + return -EINVAL; + } } free(tmp); |