perf: Add irq and exception return branch types

This expands generic branch type classification by adding two more entries there in i.e irq and exception return. Also updates the x86 implementation to process X86_BR_IRET and X86_BR_IRQ records as appropriate. This changes branch types reported to user space on x86 platform but it should not be a problem. The possible scenarios and impacts are enumerated here.

Anshuman Khandual committed 4 years ago

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include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h+2−0

@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ enum { · 250 unmodified lines
251	251	PERF_BR_SYSRET = 8, /* syscall return */
252	252	PERF_BR_COND_CALL = 9, /* conditional function call */
253	253	PERF_BR_COND_RET = 10, /* conditional function return */
	254	+ PERF_BR_ERET = 11, /* exception return */
	255	+ PERF_BR_IRQ = 12, /* irq */
254	256	PERF_BR_MAX,
255	257	};
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