x86/oprofile: add CONFIG_OPROFILE_IBS option
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: oprofile-list <oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Barry Kasindorf <barry.kasindorf@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index b0fabfa..2651af4 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
If unsure, say N.
+config OPROFILE_IBS
+ bool "OProfile AMD IBS support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ default n
+ depends on OPROFILE && SMP && X86
+ help
+ Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) is a new profiling
+ technique that provides rich, precise program performance
+ information. IBS is introduced by AMD Family10h processors
+ (AMD Opteron Quad-Core processor “Barcelona”) to overcome
+ the limitations of conventional performance counter
+ sampling.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config HAVE_OPROFILE
def_bool n