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    perf tools: Enable LBR call stack support · aad2b21c
    Kan Liang authored
    Currently, there are two call chain recording options, fp and dwarf.
    
    Haswell has a new feature that utilizes the existing LBR facility to
    record call chains. Kernel side LBR support code provides this as a
    third option to record call chains. This patch enables the lbr call
    stack support on the tooling side.
    
    LBR call stack has some limitations:
    
     - It reuses current LBR facility, so LBR call stack and branch record
       can not be enabled at the same time.
    
     - It is only available for user-space callchains.
    
    However, it also offers some advantages:
    
     - LBR call stack can work on user apps which don't have frame-pointers
       or dwarf debug info compiled. It is a good alternative when nothing
       else works.
    Tested-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
    Cc: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jacob Shin <jacob.w.shin@gmail.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
    Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>
    Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1420482185-29830-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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