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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c13
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index 09def196f5c4..7466374d2787 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -561,18 +561,13 @@ static int power8_generic_events[] = {
static u64 power8_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
{
u64 pmu_bhrb_filter = 0;
- u64 br_privilege = branch_sample_type & ONLY_PLM;
- /* BHRB and regular PMU events share the same prvillege state
+ /* BHRB and regular PMU events share the same privilege state
* filter configuration. BHRB is always recorded along with a
- * regular PMU event. So privilege state filter criteria for BHRB
- * and the companion PMU events has to be the same. As a default
- * "perf record" tool sets all privillege bits ON when no filter
- * criteria is provided in the command line. So as along as all
- * privillege bits are ON or they are OFF, we are good to go.
+ * regular PMU event. As the privilege state filter is handled
+ * in the basic PMC configuration of the accompanying regular
+ * PMU event, we ignore any separate BHRB specific request.
*/
- if ((br_privilege != 7) && (br_privilege != 0))
- return -1;
/* No branch filter requested */
if (branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY)