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* [PATCH v2 0/2] perf: arm64: Tools support for Dwarf unwinding through SVE functions
@ 2022-05-17 10:20 ` James Clark
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 34+ messages in thread
From: James Clark @ 2022-05-17 10:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-perf-users, broonie, acme
  Cc: german.gomez, leo.yan, mathieu.poirier, john.garry, James Clark,
	Will Deacon, Mike Leach, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar,
	Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim,
	linux-arm-kernel

Changes since v1:

  * Split patchset into kernel side and Perf tool changes

When SVE registers are pushed onto the stack the VG register is required to
unwind because the stack offsets would vary by the SVE register width at the
time when the sample was taken.

The patches ("[PATCH v2 0/2] perf: arm64: Kernel support for Dwarf unwinding
through SVE functions") add support for sampling the VG register to the kernel
and the docs. This is the patchset to add support to userspace perf.

A small change is also required to libunwind or libdw depending on which
unwinder is used, and these will be published later. Without these changes Perf
continues to work with both libraries, although the VG register is still not
used for unwinding. 

Thanks
James

James Clark (4):
  perf tools: arm64: Copy perf_regs.h from the kernel
  perf tools: Use dynamic register set for Dwarf unwind
  perf tools: arm64: Decouple Libunwind register names from Perf
  perf tools: arm64: Add support for VG register

 tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h |  7 +-
 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/perf_regs.c        | 34 +++++++++
 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 73 +------------------
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c                       |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c                   |  2 +
 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

-- 
2.28.0


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2022-05-17 10:20 ` James Clark
2022-05-17 10:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] perf tools: arm64: Copy perf_regs.h from the kernel James Clark
2022-05-17 10:20   ` James Clark
2022-05-17 10:50   ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 10:50     ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 10:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf tools: Use dynamic register set for Dwarf unwind James Clark
2022-05-17 10:20   ` James Clark
2022-05-17 11:03   ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 11:03     ` Leo Yan
2022-05-18 13:25     ` James Clark
2022-05-18 13:25       ` James Clark
2022-05-18 14:00       ` Leo Yan
2022-05-18 14:00         ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 10:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf tools: arm64: Decouple Libunwind register names from Perf James Clark
2022-05-17 10:20   ` James Clark
2022-05-17 12:54   ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 12:54     ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 10:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf tools: arm64: Add support for VG register James Clark
2022-05-17 10:20   ` James Clark
2022-05-17 13:19   ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 13:19     ` Leo Yan
2022-05-18  9:44     ` James Clark
2022-05-18  9:44       ` James Clark
2022-05-18  9:57       ` Leo Yan
2022-05-18  9:57         ` Leo Yan
2022-05-17 14:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] perf: arm64: Tools support for Dwarf unwinding through SVE functions Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2022-05-17 14:58   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2022-05-20 11:46   ` German Gomez
2022-05-20 11:46     ` German Gomez
2022-05-20 12:32     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2022-05-20 12:32       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2022-05-20 14:52       ` James Clark
2022-05-20 14:52         ` James Clark

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