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AloisKraus authored Mar 8, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ The following branch filter options are present in the WPR schema:
| FarBranches | jmp rip+64BitAddress |
| Kernel | Ring 0 code |
| User | > Ring 0 |
| StackMode | Not documented |
| StackMode | Log every [call/return](https://lwn.net/Articles/680996/) into LBR ring buffer. This is a fast stack walk with 32 stack frames since Sylake CPUs.|

> Note: VMWare does not support LBR tracing. [HyperV](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/manage/performance-monitoring-hardware) can enable it.
ETWAnalyzer assumes that you filter away all branching types except NearReturns which are the return instructions.
We use this data to estimate how often a method has returned to another method which is the data ETWAnalyzer keeps track of
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