perf_counter: Add event overlow handling
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1 /*
2 * Performance counters:
4 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
5 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
6 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra
8 * Data type definitions, declarations, prototypes.
10 * Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
12 * For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
14 #ifndef _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
15 #define _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
17 #include <linux/types.h>
18 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
19 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
22 * User-space ABI bits:
26 * attr.type
28 enum perf_type_id {
29 PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE = 0,
30 PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE = 1,
31 PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT = 2,
32 PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE = 3,
33 PERF_TYPE_RAW = 4,
35 PERF_TYPE_MAX, /* non-ABI */
39 * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the
40 * attr.event_id parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open()
41 * syscall:
43 enum perf_hw_id {
45 * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
47 PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES = 0,
48 PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS = 1,
49 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2,
50 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES = 3,
51 PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4,
52 PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES = 5,
53 PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES = 6,
55 PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, /* non-ABI */
59 * Generalized hardware cache counters:
61 * { L1-D, L1-I, LLC, ITLB, DTLB, BPU } x
62 * { read, write, prefetch } x
63 * { accesses, misses }
65 enum perf_hw_cache_id {
66 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1D = 0,
67 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1I = 1,
68 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_LL = 2,
69 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_DTLB = 3,
70 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_ITLB = 4,
71 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_BPU = 5,
73 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX, /* non-ABI */
76 enum perf_hw_cache_op_id {
77 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ = 0,
78 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_WRITE = 1,
79 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_PREFETCH = 2,
81 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX, /* non-ABI */
84 enum perf_hw_cache_op_result_id {
85 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_ACCESS = 0,
86 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MISS = 1,
88 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX, /* non-ABI */
92 * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if the hardware
93 * does not support performance counters. These counters measure various
94 * physical and sw events of the kernel (and allow the profiling of them as
95 * well):
97 enum perf_sw_ids {
98 PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK = 0,
99 PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK = 1,
100 PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS = 2,
101 PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES = 3,
102 PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
103 PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
104 PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
106 PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, /* non-ABI */
110 * Bits that can be set in attr.sample_type to request information
111 * in the overflow packets.
113 enum perf_counter_sample_format {
114 PERF_SAMPLE_IP = 1U << 0,
115 PERF_SAMPLE_TID = 1U << 1,
116 PERF_SAMPLE_TIME = 1U << 2,
117 PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR = 1U << 3,
118 PERF_SAMPLE_GROUP = 1U << 4,
119 PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN = 1U << 5,
120 PERF_SAMPLE_ID = 1U << 6,
121 PERF_SAMPLE_CPU = 1U << 7,
122 PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD = 1U << 8,
124 PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 9, /* non-ABI */
128 * Bits that can be set in attr.read_format to request that
129 * reads on the counter should return the indicated quantities,
130 * in increasing order of bit value, after the counter value.
132 enum perf_counter_read_format {
133 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED = 1U << 0,
134 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING = 1U << 1,
135 PERF_FORMAT_ID = 1U << 2,
137 PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 3, /* non-ABI */
140 #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 64 /* sizeof first published struct */
143 * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
145 struct perf_counter_attr {
148 * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
150 __u32 type;
153 * Size of the attr structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
155 __u32 size;
158 * Type specific configuration information.
160 __u64 config;
162 union {
163 __u64 sample_period;
164 __u64 sample_freq;
167 __u64 sample_type;
168 __u64 read_format;
170 __u64 disabled : 1, /* off by default */
171 inherit : 1, /* children inherit it */
172 pinned : 1, /* must always be on PMU */
173 exclusive : 1, /* only group on PMU */
174 exclude_user : 1, /* don't count user */
175 exclude_kernel : 1, /* ditto kernel */
176 exclude_hv : 1, /* ditto hypervisor */
177 exclude_idle : 1, /* don't count when idle */
178 mmap : 1, /* include mmap data */
179 comm : 1, /* include comm data */
180 freq : 1, /* use freq, not period */
182 __reserved_1 : 53;
184 __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
185 __u32 __reserved_2;
187 __u64 __reserved_3;
191 * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
193 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE _IO ('$', 0)
194 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE _IO ('$', 1)
195 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH _IO ('$', 2)
196 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET _IO ('$', 3)
197 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD _IOW('$', 4, u64)
199 enum perf_counter_ioc_flags {
200 PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP = 1U << 0,
204 * Structure of the page that can be mapped via mmap
206 struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
207 __u32 version; /* version number of this structure */
208 __u32 compat_version; /* lowest version this is compat with */
211 * Bits needed to read the hw counters in user-space.
213 * u32 seq;
214 * s64 count;
216 * do {
217 * seq = pc->lock;
219 * barrier()
220 * if (pc->index) {
221 * count = pmc_read(pc->index - 1);
222 * count += pc->offset;
223 * } else
224 * goto regular_read;
226 * barrier();
227 * } while (pc->lock != seq);
229 * NOTE: for obvious reason this only works on self-monitoring
230 * processes.
232 __u32 lock; /* seqlock for synchronization */
233 __u32 index; /* hardware counter identifier */
234 __s64 offset; /* add to hardware counter value */
237 * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
239 * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an rmb(), on
240 * SMP capable platforms, after reading this value -- see
241 * perf_counter_wakeup().
243 * When the mapping is PROT_WRITE the @data_tail value should be
244 * written by userspace to reflect the last read data. In this case
245 * the kernel will not over-write unread data.
247 __u64 data_head; /* head in the data section */
248 __u64 data_tail; /* user-space written tail */
251 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK (3 << 0)
252 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN (0 << 0)
253 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL (1 << 0)
254 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER (2 << 0)
255 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_HYPERVISOR (3 << 0)
256 #define PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW (1 << 2)
258 struct perf_event_header {
259 __u32 type;
260 __u16 misc;
261 __u16 size;
264 enum perf_event_type {
267 * The MMAP events record the PROT_EXEC mappings so that we can
268 * correlate userspace IPs to code. They have the following structure:
270 * struct {
271 * struct perf_event_header header;
273 * u32 pid, tid;
274 * u64 addr;
275 * u64 len;
276 * u64 pgoff;
277 * char filename[];
278 * };
280 PERF_EVENT_MMAP = 1,
283 * struct {
284 * struct perf_event_header header;
285 * u64 id;
286 * u64 lost;
287 * };
289 PERF_EVENT_LOST = 2,
292 * struct {
293 * struct perf_event_header header;
295 * u32 pid, tid;
296 * char comm[];
297 * };
299 PERF_EVENT_COMM = 3,
302 * struct {
303 * struct perf_event_header header;
304 * u64 time;
305 * u64 id;
306 * u64 sample_period;
307 * };
309 PERF_EVENT_PERIOD = 4,
312 * struct {
313 * struct perf_event_header header;
314 * u64 time;
315 * u64 id;
316 * };
318 PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE = 5,
319 PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE = 6,
322 * struct {
323 * struct perf_event_header header;
324 * u32 pid, ppid;
325 * };
327 PERF_EVENT_FORK = 7,
330 * When header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW the event_type field
331 * will be PERF_SAMPLE_*
333 * struct {
334 * struct perf_event_header header;
336 * { u64 ip; } && PERF_SAMPLE_IP
337 * { u32 pid, tid; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TID
338 * { u64 time; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
339 * { u64 addr; } && PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR
340 * { u64 config; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CONFIG
341 * { u32 cpu, res; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CPU
343 * { u64 nr;
344 * { u64 id, val; } cnt[nr]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_GROUP
346 * { u16 nr,
347 * hv,
348 * kernel,
349 * user;
350 * u64 ips[nr]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN
351 * };
355 #define MAX_STACK_DEPTH 255
357 struct perf_callchain_entry {
358 __u16 nr;
359 __u16 hv;
360 __u16 kernel;
361 __u16 user;
362 __u64 ip[MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
365 #ifdef __KERNEL__
367 * Kernel-internal data types and definitions:
370 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
371 # include <asm/perf_counter.h>
372 #endif
374 #include <linux/list.h>
375 #include <linux/mutex.h>
376 #include <linux/rculist.h>
377 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
378 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
379 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
380 #include <linux/fs.h>
381 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
382 #include <asm/atomic.h>
384 struct task_struct;
387 * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
389 struct hw_perf_counter {
390 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
391 union {
392 struct { /* hardware */
393 u64 config;
394 unsigned long config_base;
395 unsigned long counter_base;
396 int idx;
398 union { /* software */
399 atomic64_t count;
400 struct hrtimer hrtimer;
403 atomic64_t prev_count;
404 u64 sample_period;
405 u64 last_period;
406 atomic64_t period_left;
407 u64 interrupts;
409 u64 freq_count;
410 u64 freq_interrupts;
411 u64 freq_stamp;
412 #endif
415 struct perf_counter;
418 * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
420 struct pmu {
421 int (*enable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
422 void (*disable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
423 void (*read) (struct perf_counter *counter);
424 void (*unthrottle) (struct perf_counter *counter);
428 * enum perf_counter_active_state - the states of a counter
430 enum perf_counter_active_state {
431 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR = -2,
432 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF = -1,
433 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE = 0,
434 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE = 1,
437 struct file;
439 struct perf_mmap_data {
440 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
441 int nr_pages; /* nr of data pages */
442 int writable; /* are we writable */
443 int nr_locked; /* nr pages mlocked */
445 atomic_t poll; /* POLL_ for wakeups */
446 atomic_t events; /* event limit */
448 atomic_long_t head; /* write position */
449 atomic_long_t done_head; /* completed head */
451 atomic_t lock; /* concurrent writes */
452 atomic_t wakeup; /* needs a wakeup */
453 atomic_t lost; /* nr records lost */
455 struct perf_counter_mmap_page *user_page;
456 void *data_pages[0];
459 struct perf_pending_entry {
460 struct perf_pending_entry *next;
461 void (*func)(struct perf_pending_entry *);
465 * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
467 struct perf_counter {
468 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
469 struct list_head list_entry;
470 struct list_head event_entry;
471 struct list_head sibling_list;
472 int nr_siblings;
473 struct perf_counter *group_leader;
474 const struct pmu *pmu;
476 enum perf_counter_active_state state;
477 atomic64_t count;
480 * These are the total time in nanoseconds that the counter
481 * has been enabled (i.e. eligible to run, and the task has
482 * been scheduled in, if this is a per-task counter)
483 * and running (scheduled onto the CPU), respectively.
485 * They are computed from tstamp_enabled, tstamp_running and
486 * tstamp_stopped when the counter is in INACTIVE or ACTIVE state.
488 u64 total_time_enabled;
489 u64 total_time_running;
492 * These are timestamps used for computing total_time_enabled
493 * and total_time_running when the counter is in INACTIVE or
494 * ACTIVE state, measured in nanoseconds from an arbitrary point
495 * in time.
496 * tstamp_enabled: the notional time when the counter was enabled
497 * tstamp_running: the notional time when the counter was scheduled on
498 * tstamp_stopped: in INACTIVE state, the notional time when the
499 * counter was scheduled off.
501 u64 tstamp_enabled;
502 u64 tstamp_running;
503 u64 tstamp_stopped;
505 struct perf_counter_attr attr;
506 struct hw_perf_counter hw;
508 struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
509 struct file *filp;
512 * These accumulate total time (in nanoseconds) that children
513 * counters have been enabled and running, respectively.
515 atomic64_t child_total_time_enabled;
516 atomic64_t child_total_time_running;
519 * Protect attach/detach and child_list:
521 struct mutex child_mutex;
522 struct list_head child_list;
523 struct perf_counter *parent;
525 int oncpu;
526 int cpu;
528 struct list_head owner_entry;
529 struct task_struct *owner;
531 /* mmap bits */
532 struct mutex mmap_mutex;
533 atomic_t mmap_count;
534 struct perf_mmap_data *data;
536 /* poll related */
537 wait_queue_head_t waitq;
538 struct fasync_struct *fasync;
540 /* delayed work for NMIs and such */
541 int pending_wakeup;
542 int pending_kill;
543 int pending_disable;
544 struct perf_pending_entry pending;
546 atomic_t event_limit;
548 void (*destroy)(struct perf_counter *);
549 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
551 struct pid_namespace *ns;
552 u64 id;
553 #endif
557 * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
559 * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
561 struct perf_counter_context {
563 * Protect the states of the counters in the list,
564 * nr_active, and the list:
566 spinlock_t lock;
568 * Protect the list of counters. Locking either mutex or lock
569 * is sufficient to ensure the list doesn't change; to change
570 * the list you need to lock both the mutex and the spinlock.
572 struct mutex mutex;
574 struct list_head counter_list;
575 struct list_head event_list;
576 int nr_counters;
577 int nr_active;
578 int is_active;
579 atomic_t refcount;
580 struct task_struct *task;
583 * Context clock, runs when context enabled.
585 u64 time;
586 u64 timestamp;
589 * These fields let us detect when two contexts have both
590 * been cloned (inherited) from a common ancestor.
592 struct perf_counter_context *parent_ctx;
593 u64 parent_gen;
594 u64 generation;
595 int pin_count;
596 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
600 * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
602 struct perf_cpu_context {
603 struct perf_counter_context ctx;
604 struct perf_counter_context *task_ctx;
605 int active_oncpu;
606 int max_pertask;
607 int exclusive;
610 * Recursion avoidance:
612 * task, softirq, irq, nmi context
614 int recursion[4];
617 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
620 * Set by architecture code:
622 extern int perf_max_counters;
624 extern const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter);
626 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
627 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
628 struct task_struct *next, int cpu);
629 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
630 extern int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
631 extern void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
632 extern void perf_counter_free_task(struct task_struct *task);
633 extern void set_perf_counter_pending(void);
634 extern void perf_counter_do_pending(void);
635 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
636 extern void __perf_disable(void);
637 extern bool __perf_enable(void);
638 extern void perf_disable(void);
639 extern void perf_enable(void);
640 extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
641 extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
642 extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
643 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
644 struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu);
645 extern void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter);
647 struct perf_sample_data {
648 struct pt_regs *regs;
649 u64 addr;
650 u64 period;
653 extern int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
654 struct perf_sample_data *data);
657 * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
659 static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
661 return (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
662 (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
663 (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE);
666 extern void perf_swcounter_event(u32, u64, int, struct pt_regs *, u64);
668 extern void __perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
670 static inline void perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
672 if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
673 __perf_counter_mmap(vma);
676 extern void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *tsk);
677 extern void perf_counter_fork(struct task_struct *tsk);
679 extern void perf_counter_task_migration(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
681 extern struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs);
683 extern int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid;
684 extern int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock;
685 extern int sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate;
687 extern void perf_counter_init(void);
689 #ifndef perf_misc_flags
690 #define perf_misc_flags(regs) (user_mode(regs) ? PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER : \
691 PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL)
692 #define perf_instruction_pointer(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
693 #endif
695 #else
696 static inline void
697 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
698 static inline void
699 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
700 struct task_struct *next, int cpu) { }
701 static inline void
702 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
703 static inline int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child) { return 0; }
704 static inline void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child) { }
705 static inline void perf_counter_free_task(struct task_struct *task) { }
706 static inline void perf_counter_do_pending(void) { }
707 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void) { }
708 static inline void perf_disable(void) { }
709 static inline void perf_enable(void) { }
710 static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
711 static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
713 static inline void
714 perf_swcounter_event(u32 event, u64 nr, int nmi,
715 struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr) { }
717 static inline void perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { }
718 static inline void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
719 static inline void perf_counter_fork(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
720 static inline void perf_counter_init(void) { }
721 static inline void perf_counter_task_migration(struct task_struct *task,
722 int cpu) { }
723 #endif
725 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
726 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */