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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c37
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c12
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h1
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
index f0dbf7b075c8..ec5b771029e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include "book3s_hv_exits.h"
#include "book3s_hcalls.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
#define NR_TPS 4
@@ -172,3 +173,39 @@ int cpu_isa_init(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, const char *cpuid __maybe_unused)
return ret;
}
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Function to parse the arguments and return appropriate values.
+ */
+int kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ const char **tmp;
+ bool event = false;
+ int i, j = *argc;
+
+ const struct option event_options[] = {
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "event", &event, NULL),
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+
+ tmp = calloc(j + 1, sizeof(char *));
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+ tmp[i] = argv[i];
+
+ parse_options(j, tmp, event_options, NULL, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
+ if (!event) {
+ free(tmp);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ free(tmp);
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 2b822be87673..6e3e36658900 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1514,11 +1514,21 @@ perf_stat:
}
#endif /* HAVE_KVM_STAT_SUPPORT */
+int __weak kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc __maybe_unused,
+ const char **argv __maybe_unused)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int __cmd_record(const char *file_name, int argc, const char **argv)
{
- int rec_argc, i = 0, j;
+ int rec_argc, i = 0, j, ret;
const char **rec_argv;
+ ret = kvm_add_default_arch_event(&argc, argv);
+ if (ret)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
rec_argc = argc + 2;
rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
rec_argv[i++] = strdup("record");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
index 8fd6ec20662c..6f0fa05b62b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
@@ -148,4 +148,5 @@ extern const char *kvm_entry_trace;
extern const char *kvm_exit_trace;
#endif /* HAVE_KVM_STAT_SUPPORT */
+extern int kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc, const char **argv);
#endif /* __PERF_KVM_STAT_H */