new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022, Kajol Jain, IBM Corp.
+ */
+
+#include <ppc-asm.h>
+
+ .text
+
+#define ITER_SHIFT 31
+
+FUNC_START(indirect_branch_loop)
+ li r3, 1
+ sldi r3, r3, ITER_SHIFT
+
+1: cmpdi r3, 0
+ beqlr
+
+ addi r3, r3, -1
+
+ ld r4, 2f@got(%r2)
+ mtctr r4
+ bctr
+
+ .balign 32
+2: b 1b
+
+FUNC_END(indirect_branch_loop)
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ CFLAGS += -m64
TEST_GEN_PROGS := mmcr0_exceptionbits_test mmcr0_cc56run_test mmcr0_pmccext_test \
mmcr0_pmcjce_test mmcr0_fc56_pmc1ce_test mmcr0_fc56_pmc56_test \
mmcr1_comb_test mmcr2_l2l3_test mmcr2_fcs_fch_test \
- mmcr3_src_test mmcra_thresh_marked_sample_test mmcra_thresh_cmp_test
+ mmcr3_src_test mmcra_thresh_marked_sample_test mmcra_thresh_cmp_test \
+ mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test
top_srcdir = ../../../../../..
include ../../../lib.mk
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../../harness.c ../../utils.c ../event.c ../lib.c misc.c misc.h ../loop.S
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../../harness.c ../../utils.c ../event.c ../lib.c misc.c misc.h ../loop.S ../branch_loops.S
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022, Kajol Jain, IBM Corp.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "../event.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+extern void indirect_branch_loop(void);
+
+/* Instructions */
+#define EventCode 0x500fa
+
+/* ifm field for indirect branch mode */
+#define IFM_IND_BRANCH 0x2
+
+/*
+ * A perf sampling test for mmcra
+ * field: ifm for bhrb ind_call.
+ */
+static int mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test(void)
+{
+ struct event event;
+ u64 *intr_regs;
+
+ /*
+ * Check for platform support for the test.
+ * This test is only aplicable on power10
+ */
+ SKIP_IF(check_pvr_for_sampling_tests());
+ SKIP_IF(!have_hwcap2(PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1));
+
+ /* Init the event for the sampling test */
+ event_init_sampling(&event, EventCode);
+ event.attr.sample_regs_intr = platform_extended_mask;
+ event.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
+ event.attr.branch_sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL;
+ event.attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+
+ FAIL_IF(event_open(&event));
+ event.mmap_buffer = event_sample_buf_mmap(event.fd, 1);
+
+ FAIL_IF(event_enable(&event));
+
+ /* workload to make the event overflow */
+ indirect_branch_loop();
+
+ FAIL_IF(event_disable(&event));
+
+ intr_regs = get_intr_regs(&event, event.mmap_buffer);
+
+ /* Check for intr_regs */
+ FAIL_IF(!intr_regs);
+
+ /* Verify that ifm bit is set properly in MMCRA */
+ FAIL_IF(get_mmcra_ifm(get_reg_value(intr_regs, "MMCRA"), 5) != IFM_IND_BRANCH);
+
+ event_close(&event);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ return test_harness(mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test, "mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test");
+}
The testcase uses "instructions" event to check if the Instruction filtering mode(IFM) bits are programmed correctly for indirect branch type. Testcase checks if IFM bits are programmed correctly to Monitor Mode Control Register A (MMCRA) via perf interface for ISA v3.1 platform. Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> --- .../selftests/powerpc/pmu/branch_loops.S | 28 ++++++++ .../powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/Makefile | 5 +- .../sampling_tests/mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/branch_loops.S create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/mmcra_bhrb_ind_call_test.c Note: - branch_loops.S is derived from the branch_loop.S in the path: linux/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/branch_loops.S