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    perf/x86/intel/pt: Add support for PTWRITE and power event tracing · 8ee83b2a
    Alexander Shishkin authored
    The Intel PT facility grew some new functionality:
    
      * PTWRITE packet carries the payload of the new PTWRITE instruction
        that can be used to instrument Intel PT traces with user-supplied
        data. Packets of this type are only generated if 'ptwrite' capability
        is set and PTWEn bit is set in the event attribute's config. Flow
        update packets (FUP) can be generated on PTWRITE packets if FUPonPTW
        config bit is set. Setting these bits is not allowed if 'ptwrite'
        capability is not set.
    
      * PWRE, PWRX, MWAIT, EXSTOP packets communicate core power management
        events. These depend on 'power_event_tracing' capability and are
        enabled by setting PwrEvtEn bit in the event attribute.
    
    Extend the driver capabilities and provide the proper sanity checks in the
    event validation function.
    
    [ tglx: Massaged changelog ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: vince@deater.net
    Cc: eranian@google.com
    Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160916134819.1978-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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