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<title>x86/insn: Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy()</title>
<updated>2021-11-17T10:04:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov</name>
<email>bp@suse.de</email>
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<published>2021-09-29T14:37:53+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f96b4675839b66168f5a07bf964dde6c2f1c4885 ]

Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy() to access potentially unaligned
memory, which, when accessed through a pointer, leads to undefined
behavior. get_unaligned() describes much better what is happening there
anyway even if memcpy() does the job.

In addition, since perf tool builds with -Werror, it would fire with:

  util/intel-pt-decoder/../../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c: In function '__insn_get_emulate_prefix':
  tools/include/../include/asm-generic/unaligned.h:10:15: error: packed attribute is unnecessary [-Werror=packed]
     10 |  const struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr); \

because -Werror=packed would complain if the packed attribute would have
no effect on the layout of the structure.

In this case, that is intentional so disable the warning only for that
compilation unit.

That part is Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;

No functional changes.

Fixes: 5ba1071f7554 ("x86/insn, tools/x86: Fix undefined behavior due to potential unaligned accesses")
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YVSsIkj9Z29TyUjE@zn.tnic
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f96b4675839b66168f5a07bf964dde6c2f1c4885 ]

Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy() to access potentially unaligned
memory, which, when accessed through a pointer, leads to undefined
behavior. get_unaligned() describes much better what is happening there
anyway even if memcpy() does the job.

In addition, since perf tool builds with -Werror, it would fire with:

  util/intel-pt-decoder/../../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c: In function '__insn_get_emulate_prefix':
  tools/include/../include/asm-generic/unaligned.h:10:15: error: packed attribute is unnecessary [-Werror=packed]
     10 |  const struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr); \

because -Werror=packed would complain if the packed attribute would have
no effect on the layout of the structure.

In this case, that is intentional so disable the warning only for that
compilation unit.

That part is Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;

No functional changes.

Fixes: 5ba1071f7554 ("x86/insn, tools/x86: Fix undefined behavior due to potential unaligned accesses")
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YVSsIkj9Z29TyUjE@zn.tnic
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Add a config for max loops without consuming a packet</title>
<updated>2021-07-07T14:40:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-07-01T17:51:32+00:00</published>
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The Intel PT decoder limits the number of unconditional branches (e.g.
jmps) decoded without consuming any trace packets. Generally, a loop
needs a conditional branch which generates a TNT packet, whereas a "ret"
instruction will generate a TIP or TNT packet. So exceeding the limit is
assumed to be a never-ending loop, which can happen if there has been a
decoding error putting the decoder at the wrong place in the code.

Up until now, the limit of 10000 has been enough but some analytic
purposes have been reported to exceed that.

Increase the limit to 100000, and make it configurable via perf config
intel-pt.max-loops. Also amend the "Never-ending loop" message to
mention the configuration entry.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210701175132.3977-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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The Intel PT decoder limits the number of unconditional branches (e.g.
jmps) decoded without consuming any trace packets. Generally, a loop
needs a conditional branch which generates a TNT packet, whereas a "ret"
instruction will generate a TIP or TNT packet. So exceeding the limit is
assumed to be a never-ending loop, which can happen if there has been a
decoding error putting the decoder at the wrong place in the code.

Up until now, the limit of 10000 has been enough but some analytic
purposes have been reported to exceed that.

Increase the limit to 100000, and make it configurable via perf config
intel-pt.max-loops. Also amend the "Never-ending loop" message to
mention the configuration entry.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210701175132.3977-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core</title>
<updated>2021-05-25T12:13:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo</name>
<email>acme@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-25T12:13:52+00:00</published>
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To pick up fixes from perf/urgent.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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To pick up fixes from perf/urgent.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Fix transaction abort handling</title>
<updated>2021-05-19T13:31:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-19T07:45:13+00:00</published>
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When adding support for power events, some handling of FUP packets was
unified. That resulted in breaking reporting of TSX aborts, by not
considering the associated TIP packet. Fix that.

Example:

A machine that supports TSX is required. It will have flag "rtm". Kernel
parameter tsx=on may be required.

 # for w in `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -m1 flags `;do echo $w | grep rtm ; done
 rtm

Test program:

 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
 #include &lt;immintrin.h&gt;

 int main()
 {
        int x = 0;

        if (_xbegin() == _XBEGIN_STARTED) {
                x = 1;
                _xabort(1);
        } else {
                printf("x = %d\n", x);
        }
        return 0;
 }

Compile with -mrtm i.e.

 gcc -Wall -Wextra -mrtm xabort.c -o xabort

Record:

 perf record -e intel_pt/cyc/u --filter 'filter main @ ./xabort' ./xabort

Before:

 # perf script --itrace=be -F+flags,+addr,-period,-event --ns
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348552:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400b6d main+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   jmp                            400b96 main+0x29 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   return                         400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b87 main+0x1a (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348637:   jcc                            400b8a main+0x1d (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b98 main+0x2b (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348644:   tr end  call                   400ba9 main+0x3c (/root/xabort) =&gt;           40f690 printf+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360859:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360882:   tr end  return                 400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           401139 __libc_start_main+0x309 (/root/xabort)

After:

 # perf script --itrace=be -F+flags,+addr,-period,-event --ns
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348552:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400b6d main+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   tx abrt                        400b93 main+0x26 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b87 main+0x1a (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348637:   jcc                            400b8a main+0x1d (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b98 main+0x2b (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348644:   tr end  call                   400ba9 main+0x3c (/root/xabort) =&gt;           40f690 printf+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360859:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360882:   tr end  return                 400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           401139 __libc_start_main+0x309 (/root/xabort)

Fixes: a472e65fc490a ("perf intel-pt: Add decoder support for ptwrite and power event packets")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210519074515.9262-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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When adding support for power events, some handling of FUP packets was
unified. That resulted in breaking reporting of TSX aborts, by not
considering the associated TIP packet. Fix that.

Example:

A machine that supports TSX is required. It will have flag "rtm". Kernel
parameter tsx=on may be required.

 # for w in `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -m1 flags `;do echo $w | grep rtm ; done
 rtm

Test program:

 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
 #include &lt;immintrin.h&gt;

 int main()
 {
        int x = 0;

        if (_xbegin() == _XBEGIN_STARTED) {
                x = 1;
                _xabort(1);
        } else {
                printf("x = %d\n", x);
        }
        return 0;
 }

Compile with -mrtm i.e.

 gcc -Wall -Wextra -mrtm xabort.c -o xabort

Record:

 perf record -e intel_pt/cyc/u --filter 'filter main @ ./xabort' ./xabort

Before:

 # perf script --itrace=be -F+flags,+addr,-period,-event --ns
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348552:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400b6d main+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   jmp                            400b96 main+0x29 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   return                         400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b87 main+0x1a (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348637:   jcc                            400b8a main+0x1d (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b98 main+0x2b (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348644:   tr end  call                   400ba9 main+0x3c (/root/xabort) =&gt;           40f690 printf+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360859:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360882:   tr end  return                 400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           401139 __libc_start_main+0x309 (/root/xabort)

After:

 # perf script --itrace=be -F+flags,+addr,-period,-event --ns
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348552:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400b6d main+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348624:   tx abrt                        400b93 main+0x26 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b87 main+0x1a (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348637:   jcc                            400b8a main+0x1d (/root/xabort) =&gt;           400b98 main+0x2b (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431348644:   tr end  call                   400ba9 main+0x3c (/root/xabort) =&gt;           40f690 printf+0x0 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360859:   tr strt                             0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =&gt;           400bae main+0x41 (/root/xabort)
          xabort  1478 [007] 92161.431360882:   tr end  return                 400bb4 main+0x47 (/root/xabort) =&gt;           401139 __libc_start_main+0x309 (/root/xabort)

Fixes: a472e65fc490a ("perf intel-pt: Add decoder support for ptwrite and power event packets")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210519074515.9262-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Add VM Time Correlation to decoder</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T15:43:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-30T07:03:08+00:00</published>
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VM Time Correlation means determining if each TSC packet belongs to a VM
Guest or the Host. When the trace is "in context" that is indicated by
the NR flag in the PIP packet. However, when tracing kernel-only,
userspace only, or using address filters, the trace can be "out of context"
in which case timing packets are produced but not PIP packets.

Nevertheless, it is very unlikely the VM Guest timestamps will be in
the same range as the Host timestamps. Host time ranges are established
by a starting side-band event timestamp, and subsequently by the buffer
timestamp, written when the buffer is copied to the perf.data file.

This patch supports updating the VM Guest timestamp packets, assuming an
unchanging (during perf record) VMX TSC Offset and no VMX TSC scaling.

Furthermore, it is possible to determine what the VMX TSC Offset is,
although not necessarily at the start. The dry-run option lets that
information be determined so that the user can pass it to a subsequent
run. For more detail, refer to the example in the Intel PT documentation
in a subsequent patch.

VM Time Correlation is also performed on the TSC value in PEBs-via-PT
records.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-12-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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VM Time Correlation means determining if each TSC packet belongs to a VM
Guest or the Host. When the trace is "in context" that is indicated by
the NR flag in the PIP packet. However, when tracing kernel-only,
userspace only, or using address filters, the trace can be "out of context"
in which case timing packets are produced but not PIP packets.

Nevertheless, it is very unlikely the VM Guest timestamps will be in
the same range as the Host timestamps. Host time ranges are established
by a starting side-band event timestamp, and subsequently by the buffer
timestamp, written when the buffer is copied to the perf.data file.

This patch supports updating the VM Guest timestamp packets, assuming an
unchanging (during perf record) VMX TSC Offset and no VMX TSC scaling.

Furthermore, it is possible to determine what the VMX TSC Offset is,
although not necessarily at the start. The dry-run option lets that
information be determined so that the user can pass it to a subsequent
run. For more detail, refer to the example in the Intel PT documentation
in a subsequent patch.

VM Time Correlation is also performed on the TSC value in PEBs-via-PT
records.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-12-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Better 7-byte timestamp wraparound logic</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T15:43:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-30T07:03:07+00:00</published>
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A timestamp should not go backwards. If it does it is assumed that the
 7-byte TSC packet value has wrapped. Improve that logic so that it will
not allow the timestamp to go past the buffer timestamp (which is recorded
when the buffer is copied out)

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-11-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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A timestamp should not go backwards. If it does it is assumed that the
 7-byte TSC packet value has wrapped. Improve that logic so that it will
not allow the timestamp to go past the buffer timestamp (which is recorded
when the buffer is copied out)

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-11-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Pass the first timestamp to the decoder</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T15:43:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-30T07:03:06+00:00</published>
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VM Time Correlation will use time ranges to determine whether a TSC packet
belongs to the Host or Guest. To start, the first non-zero timestamp is
needed. Pass that to the decoder.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-10-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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VM Time Correlation will use time ranges to determine whether a TSC packet
belongs to the Host or Guest. To start, the first non-zero timestamp is
needed. Pass that to the decoder.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-10-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf intel-pt: Add a tree for VMCS information</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T15:43:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-30T07:03:05+00:00</published>
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Even when VMX TSC Offset is not changing (during perf record), different
virtual machines can have different TSC Offsets. There is a Virtual Machine
Control Structure (VMCS) for each virtual CPU, the address of which is
reported to Intel PT in the VMCS packet. We do not know which VMCS belongs
to which virtual machine, so use a tree to keep track of VMCS information.
Then the decoder will be able to use the current VMCS value to look up the
current TSC Offset.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-9-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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Even when VMX TSC Offset is not changing (during perf record), different
virtual machines can have different TSC Offsets. There is a Virtual Machine
Control Structure (VMCS) for each virtual CPU, the address of which is
reported to Intel PT in the VMCS packet. We do not know which VMCS belongs
to which virtual machine, so use a tree to keep track of VMCS information.
Then the decoder will be able to use the current VMCS value to look up the
current TSC Offset.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-9-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<title>perf intel-pt: Let overlap detection handle VM timestamps</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T15:43:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Hunter</name>
<email>adrian.hunter@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-30T07:03:04+00:00</published>
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Intel PT timestamps are affected by virtualization. While TSC packets can
still be considered to be unique, the TSC values need not be in order any
more. Adjust the algorithm accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-8-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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Intel PT timestamps are affected by virtualization. While TSC packets can
still be considered to be unique, the TSC values need not be in order any
more. Adjust the algorithm accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter &lt;adrian.hunter@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430070309.17624-8-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tools/perf: Convert to insn_decode()</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T11:41:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov</name>
<email>bp@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-23T22:00:16+00:00</published>
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Simplify code, no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210304174237.31945-20-bp@alien8.de
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Simplify code, no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210304174237.31945-20-bp@alien8.de
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