perf_counters: allow users to count user, kernel and/or hypervisor events
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1 /*
2 * Performance counters:
4 * Copyright(C) 2008, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
5 * Copyright(C) 2008, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
7 * Data type definitions, declarations, prototypes.
9 * Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
11 * For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
13 #ifndef _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
14 #define _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
16 #include <asm/atomic.h>
17 #include <asm/ioctl.h>
19 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
20 # include <asm/perf_counter.h>
21 #endif
23 #include <linux/list.h>
24 #include <linux/mutex.h>
25 #include <linux/rculist.h>
26 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
27 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
29 struct task_struct;
32 * User-space ABI bits:
36 * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.type
37 * parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
39 enum hw_event_types {
41 * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
43 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CYCLES = 0,
44 PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS = 1,
45 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2,
46 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_MISSES = 3,
47 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4,
48 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_MISSES = 5,
49 PERF_COUNT_BUS_CYCLES = 6,
51 PERF_HW_EVENTS_MAX = 7,
54 * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if
55 * the hardware does not support performance counters. These
56 * counters measure various physical and sw events of the
57 * kernel (and allow the profiling of them as well):
59 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK = -1,
60 PERF_COUNT_TASK_CLOCK = -2,
61 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS = -3,
62 PERF_COUNT_CONTEXT_SWITCHES = -4,
63 PERF_COUNT_CPU_MIGRATIONS = -5,
65 PERF_SW_EVENTS_MIN = -6,
69 * IRQ-notification data record type:
71 enum perf_counter_record_type {
72 PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE = 0,
73 PERF_RECORD_IRQ = 1,
74 PERF_RECORD_GROUP = 2,
78 * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
80 struct perf_counter_hw_event {
81 s64 type;
83 u64 irq_period;
84 u32 record_type;
86 u32 disabled : 1, /* off by default */
87 nmi : 1, /* NMI sampling */
88 raw : 1, /* raw event type */
89 inherit : 1, /* children inherit it */
90 pinned : 1, /* must always be on PMU */
91 exclusive : 1, /* only group on PMU */
92 exclude_user : 1, /* don't count user */
93 exclude_kernel : 1, /* ditto kernel */
94 exclude_hv : 1, /* ditto hypervisor */
96 __reserved_1 : 23;
98 u64 __reserved_2;
102 * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
104 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE _IO('$', 0)
105 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE _IO('$', 1)
108 * Kernel-internal data types:
112 * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
114 struct hw_perf_counter {
115 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
116 u64 config;
117 unsigned long config_base;
118 unsigned long counter_base;
119 int nmi;
120 unsigned int idx;
121 atomic64_t prev_count;
122 u64 irq_period;
123 atomic64_t period_left;
124 #endif
128 * Hardcoded buffer length limit for now, for IRQ-fed events:
130 #define PERF_DATA_BUFLEN 2048
133 * struct perf_data - performance counter IRQ data sampling ...
135 struct perf_data {
136 int len;
137 int rd_idx;
138 int overrun;
139 u8 data[PERF_DATA_BUFLEN];
142 struct perf_counter;
145 * struct hw_perf_counter_ops - performance counter hw ops
147 struct hw_perf_counter_ops {
148 int (*enable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
149 void (*disable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
150 void (*read) (struct perf_counter *counter);
154 * enum perf_counter_active_state - the states of a counter
156 enum perf_counter_active_state {
157 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR = -2,
158 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF = -1,
159 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE = 0,
160 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE = 1,
163 struct file;
166 * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
168 struct perf_counter {
169 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
170 struct list_head list_entry;
171 struct list_head sibling_list;
172 struct perf_counter *group_leader;
173 const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *hw_ops;
175 enum perf_counter_active_state state;
176 atomic64_t count;
178 struct perf_counter_hw_event hw_event;
179 struct hw_perf_counter hw;
181 struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
182 struct task_struct *task;
183 struct file *filp;
185 struct perf_counter *parent;
186 struct list_head child_list;
189 * Protect attach/detach and child_list:
191 struct mutex mutex;
193 int oncpu;
194 int cpu;
196 /* read() / irq related data */
197 wait_queue_head_t waitq;
198 /* optional: for NMIs */
199 int wakeup_pending;
200 struct perf_data *irqdata;
201 struct perf_data *usrdata;
202 struct perf_data data[2];
203 #endif
207 * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
209 * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
211 struct perf_counter_context {
212 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
214 * Protect the states of the counters in the list,
215 * nr_active, and the list:
217 spinlock_t lock;
219 * Protect the list of counters. Locking either mutex or lock
220 * is sufficient to ensure the list doesn't change; to change
221 * the list you need to lock both the mutex and the spinlock.
223 struct mutex mutex;
225 struct list_head counter_list;
226 int nr_counters;
227 int nr_active;
228 int is_active;
229 struct task_struct *task;
230 #endif
234 * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
236 struct perf_cpu_context {
237 struct perf_counter_context ctx;
238 struct perf_counter_context *task_ctx;
239 int active_oncpu;
240 int max_pertask;
241 int exclusive;
245 * Set by architecture code:
247 extern int perf_max_counters;
249 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
250 extern const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *
251 hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter);
253 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
254 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
255 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
256 extern void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
257 extern void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
258 extern void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs);
259 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
260 extern void perf_counter_unthrottle(void);
261 extern u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void);
262 extern void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl);
263 extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
264 extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
265 extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
266 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
267 struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu);
270 * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
272 static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
274 return !counter->hw_event.raw && counter->hw_event.type < 0;
277 #else
278 static inline void
279 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
280 static inline void
281 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
282 static inline void
283 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
284 static inline void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child) { }
285 static inline void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child) { }
286 static inline void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
287 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void) { }
288 static inline void perf_counter_unthrottle(void) { }
289 static inline void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl) { }
290 static inline u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void) { return 0; }
291 static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
292 static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
293 #endif
295 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */