performance counters: core code
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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>
18 #include <linux/list.h>
19 #include <linux/mutex.h>
20 #include <linux/rculist.h>
21 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
22 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
24 struct task_struct;
27 * Generalized hardware event types, used by the hw_event_type parameter
28 * of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
30 enum hw_event_types {
31 PERF_COUNT_CYCLES,
32 PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS,
33 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_REFERENCES,
34 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_MISSES,
35 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS,
36 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_MISSES,
38 * If this bit is set in the type, then trigger NMI sampling:
40 PERF_COUNT_NMI = (1 << 30),
44 * IRQ-notification data record type:
46 enum perf_record_type {
47 PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE,
48 PERF_RECORD_IRQ,
49 PERF_RECORD_GROUP,
52 /**
53 * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details
55 struct hw_perf_counter {
56 u64 config;
57 unsigned long config_base;
58 unsigned long counter_base;
59 int nmi;
60 unsigned int idx;
61 u64 prev_count;
62 s32 next_count;
63 u64 irq_period;
67 * Hardcoded buffer length limit for now, for IRQ-fed events:
69 #define PERF_DATA_BUFLEN 2048
71 /**
72 * struct perf_data - performance counter IRQ data sampling ...
74 struct perf_data {
75 int len;
76 int rd_idx;
77 int overrun;
78 u8 data[PERF_DATA_BUFLEN];
81 /**
82 * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
84 struct perf_counter {
85 struct list_head list;
86 int active;
87 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
88 atomic64_t count;
89 #else
90 atomic_t count32[2];
91 #endif
92 u64 __irq_period;
94 struct hw_perf_counter hw;
96 struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
97 struct task_struct *task;
100 * Protect attach/detach:
102 struct mutex mutex;
104 int oncpu;
105 int cpu;
107 s32 hw_event_type;
108 enum perf_record_type record_type;
110 /* read() / irq related data */
111 wait_queue_head_t waitq;
112 /* optional: for NMIs */
113 int wakeup_pending;
114 struct perf_data *irqdata;
115 struct perf_data *usrdata;
116 struct perf_data data[2];
120 * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
122 * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
124 struct perf_counter_context {
125 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
127 * Protect the list of counters:
129 spinlock_t lock;
130 struct list_head counters;
131 int nr_counters;
132 int nr_active;
133 struct task_struct *task;
134 #endif
138 * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
140 struct perf_cpu_context {
141 struct perf_counter_context ctx;
142 struct perf_counter_context *task_ctx;
143 int active_oncpu;
144 int max_pertask;
148 * Set by architecture code:
150 extern int perf_max_counters;
152 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
153 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
154 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
155 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
156 extern void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *task);
157 extern void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs);
158 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
159 #else
160 static inline void
161 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
162 static inline void
163 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
164 static inline void
165 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
166 static inline void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *task) { }
167 static inline void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
168 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void) { }
169 #endif
171 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */