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Kan Liang 918b7d6d17 perf: Add sampling support for SIMD registers
Users may be interested in sampling SIMD registers during profiling.
The current sample_regs_* structure does not have sufficient space
for all SIMD registers.

To address this, new attribute fields sample_simd_{pred,vec}_reg_* are
added to struct perf_event_attr to represent the SIMD registers that are
expected to be sampled.

Currently, the perf/x86 code supports XMM registers in sample_regs_*.
To unify the configuration of SIMD registers and ensure a consistent
method for configuring XMM and other SIMD registers, a new event
attribute field, sample_simd_regs_enabled, is introduced. When
sample_simd_regs_enabled is set, it indicates that all SIMD registers,
including XMM, will be represented by the newly introduced
sample_simd_{pred|vec}_reg_* fields. The original XMM space in
sample_regs_* is reserved for future uses.

Since SIMD registers are wider than 64 bits, a new output format is
introduced. The number and width of SIMD registers are dumped first,
followed by the register values. The number and width are based on the
user's configuration.

A new ABI, PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD, is added to indicate the new format.
The enum perf_sample_regs_abi is now a bitmap. This change should not
impact existing tools, as the version and bitmap remain the same for
values 1 and 2.

Additionally, two new __weak functions are introduced:
- perf_simd_reg_value(): Retrieves the value of the requested SIMD
  register.
- perf_simd_reg_validate(): Validates the configuration of the SIMD
  registers.

A new flag, PERF_PMU_CAP_SIMD_REGS, is added to indicate that the PMU
supports SIMD register dumping. An error is generated if
sample_simd_{pred|vec}_reg_* is mistakenly set for a PMU that does not
support this capability.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260824082731.1013973-13-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com
2026-09-02 13:10:43 +02:00
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