linux/tools
Adrian Hunter b4b046ff9e perf intel-pt: Add a config for max loops without consuming a packet
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 <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210701175132.3977-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-07-07 11:40:56 -03:00
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accounting
arch tools headers UAPI: Synch KVM's svm.h header with the kernel 2021-07-01 16:14:37 -03:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-06-29 15:45:27 -07:00
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include tools headers UAPI: Sync files changed by the quotactl_fd new syscall 2021-07-05 14:36:22 -03:00
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kvm/kvm_stat tools/kvm_stat: Fix documentation typo 2021-05-07 06:06:22 -04:00
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lib perf tools changes for v5.14: 2021-07-02 12:24:31 -07:00
memory-model tools/memory-model: Fix smp_mb__after_spinlock() spelling 2021-05-10 16:27:20 -07:00
objtool A single ELF format fix for a section flags mismatch bug that breaks 2021-06-28 11:35:55 -07:00
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perf perf intel-pt: Add a config for max loops without consuming a packet 2021-07-07 11:40:56 -03:00
power tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: v1.10 release 2021-06-18 15:29:32 +02:00
rcu tools/rcu: Add drgn script to dump number of RCU callbacks 2021-05-10 15:39:19 -07:00
scripts tools build: Fix quiet cmd indentation 2021-05-17 12:10:03 +09:00
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testing Merge branch 'core-rcu-2021.07.04' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu 2021-07-04 12:58:33 -07:00
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vm tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: check malloc() return 2021-06-29 10:53:47 -07:00
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