perf tools: Add code to support PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK

This patch adds:

 - ability to parse samples with PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
 - sort on branches (dso_from, symbol_from, dso_to, symbol_to, mispredict)
 - build histograms on branches

Signed-off-by: Roberto Agostino Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: ming.m.lin@intel.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: asharma@fb.com
Cc: vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu
Cc: khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dsahern@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-12-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index f0227e93665..358f40135c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -179,6 +179,23 @@ struct ip_callchain {
 	u64 ips[0];
 };
 
+struct branch_flags {
+	u64 mispred:1;
+	u64 predicted:1;
+	u64 reserved:62;
+};
+
+struct branch_entry {
+	u64				from;
+	u64				to;
+	struct branch_flags flags;
+};
+
+struct branch_stack {
+	u64				nr;
+	struct branch_entry	entries[0];
+};
+
 extern bool perf_host, perf_guest;
 extern const char perf_version_string[];