perf: Disable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* when not supported
PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* is disabled for:
- SW events (sw counters, tracepoints)
- HW breakpoints
- ALL but Intel x86 architecture
- AMD64 processors
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-10-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index e3b897a..811084f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@
{
int err = 0;
+ /* does not support taken branch sampling */
+ if (has_branch_stack(event))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE: