From 30dd568c912602b7dbd609a45d053e01b13422bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Metzger Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:56:48 +0200 Subject: x86, perf_counter, bts: Add BTS support to perfcounters Implement a performance counter with: attr.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE attr.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS attr.sample_period = 1 Using branch trace store (BTS) on x86 hardware, if available. The from and to address for each branch can be sampled using: PERF_SAMPLE_IP for the from address PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR for the to address [ v2: address review feedback, fix bugs ] Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/perf_counter.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h index 2aabe43c1d04..0a6f3209c9de 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h @@ -692,6 +692,8 @@ struct perf_sample_data { extern int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data); +extern void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi, + struct perf_sample_data *data); /* * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter -- cgit v1.2.3 From a4be7c2778d1fd8e0a8a5607bec91fa221ab2c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:18:27 +0200 Subject: perf_counter: Allow sharing of output channels Provide the ability to configure a counter to send its output to another (already existing) counter's output stream. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: stephane eranian Cc: Paul Mackerras LKML-Reference: <20090819092023.980284148@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/perf_counter.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h index b53f7006cc4e..e022b847c90d 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct perf_counter_attr { #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH _IO ('$', 2) #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET _IO ('$', 3) #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD _IOW('$', 4, u64) +#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_SET_OUTPUT _IO ('$', 5) enum perf_counter_ioc_flags { PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP = 1U << 0, @@ -415,6 +416,9 @@ enum perf_callchain_context { PERF_CONTEXT_MAX = (__u64)-4095, }; +#define PERF_FLAG_FD_NO_GROUP (1U << 0) +#define PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT (1U << 1) + #ifdef __KERNEL__ /* * Kernel-internal data types and definitions: @@ -536,6 +540,7 @@ struct perf_counter { struct list_head sibling_list; int nr_siblings; struct perf_counter *group_leader; + struct perf_counter *output; const struct pmu *pmu; enum perf_counter_active_state state; -- cgit v1.2.3