perf_counter: counter overflow limit
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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 <linux/types.h>
17 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
18 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
21 * User-space ABI bits:
25 * hw_event.type
27 enum perf_event_types {
28 PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE = 0,
29 PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE = 1,
30 PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT = 2,
33 * available TYPE space, raw is the max value.
36 PERF_TYPE_RAW = 128,
40 * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.event_id
41 * parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
43 enum hw_event_ids {
45 * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
47 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CYCLES = 0,
48 PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS = 1,
49 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2,
50 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_MISSES = 3,
51 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4,
52 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_MISSES = 5,
53 PERF_COUNT_BUS_CYCLES = 6,
55 PERF_HW_EVENTS_MAX = 7,
59 * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if the hardware
60 * does not support performance counters. These counters measure various
61 * physical and sw events of the kernel (and allow the profiling of them as
62 * well):
64 enum sw_event_ids {
65 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK = 0,
66 PERF_COUNT_TASK_CLOCK = 1,
67 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS = 2,
68 PERF_COUNT_CONTEXT_SWITCHES = 3,
69 PERF_COUNT_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
70 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
71 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
73 PERF_SW_EVENTS_MAX = 7,
76 #define __PERF_COUNTER_MASK(name) \
77 (((1ULL << PERF_COUNTER_##name##_BITS) - 1) << \
78 PERF_COUNTER_##name##_SHIFT)
80 #define PERF_COUNTER_RAW_BITS 1
81 #define PERF_COUNTER_RAW_SHIFT 63
82 #define PERF_COUNTER_RAW_MASK __PERF_COUNTER_MASK(RAW)
84 #define PERF_COUNTER_CONFIG_BITS 63
85 #define PERF_COUNTER_CONFIG_SHIFT 0
86 #define PERF_COUNTER_CONFIG_MASK __PERF_COUNTER_MASK(CONFIG)
88 #define PERF_COUNTER_TYPE_BITS 7
89 #define PERF_COUNTER_TYPE_SHIFT 56
90 #define PERF_COUNTER_TYPE_MASK __PERF_COUNTER_MASK(TYPE)
92 #define PERF_COUNTER_EVENT_BITS 56
93 #define PERF_COUNTER_EVENT_SHIFT 0
94 #define PERF_COUNTER_EVENT_MASK __PERF_COUNTER_MASK(EVENT)
97 * Bits that can be set in hw_event.record_type to request information
98 * in the overflow packets.
100 enum perf_counter_record_format {
101 PERF_RECORD_IP = 1U << 0,
102 PERF_RECORD_TID = 1U << 1,
103 PERF_RECORD_GROUP = 1U << 2,
104 PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN = 1U << 3,
105 PERF_RECORD_TIME = 1U << 4,
109 * Bits that can be set in hw_event.read_format to request that
110 * reads on the counter should return the indicated quantities,
111 * in increasing order of bit value, after the counter value.
113 enum perf_counter_read_format {
114 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED = 1,
115 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING = 2,
119 * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
121 struct perf_counter_hw_event {
123 * The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu
124 * specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next
125 * 7 bits are an event type and the rest of the bits are the event
126 * identifier.
128 __u64 config;
130 __u64 irq_period;
131 __u32 record_type;
132 __u32 read_format;
134 __u64 disabled : 1, /* off by default */
135 nmi : 1, /* NMI sampling */
136 inherit : 1, /* children inherit it */
137 pinned : 1, /* must always be on PMU */
138 exclusive : 1, /* only group on PMU */
139 exclude_user : 1, /* don't count user */
140 exclude_kernel : 1, /* ditto kernel */
141 exclude_hv : 1, /* ditto hypervisor */
142 exclude_idle : 1, /* don't count when idle */
143 mmap : 1, /* include mmap data */
144 munmap : 1, /* include munmap data */
146 __reserved_1 : 53;
148 __u32 extra_config_len;
149 __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
151 __u64 __reserved_2;
152 __u64 __reserved_3;
156 * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
158 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE _IO ('$', 0)
159 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE _IO ('$', 1)
160 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH _IOW('$', 2, u32)
163 * Structure of the page that can be mapped via mmap
165 struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
166 __u32 version; /* version number of this structure */
167 __u32 compat_version; /* lowest version this is compat with */
170 * Bits needed to read the hw counters in user-space.
172 * u32 seq;
173 * s64 count;
175 * do {
176 * seq = pc->lock;
178 * barrier()
179 * if (pc->index) {
180 * count = pmc_read(pc->index - 1);
181 * count += pc->offset;
182 * } else
183 * goto regular_read;
185 * barrier();
186 * } while (pc->lock != seq);
188 * NOTE: for obvious reason this only works on self-monitoring
189 * processes.
191 __u32 lock; /* seqlock for synchronization */
192 __u32 index; /* hardware counter identifier */
193 __s64 offset; /* add to hardware counter value */
196 * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
198 * User-space reading this value should issue an rmb(), on SMP capable
199 * platforms, after reading this value -- see perf_counter_wakeup().
201 __u32 data_head; /* head in the data section */
204 struct perf_event_header {
205 __u32 type;
206 __u32 size;
209 enum perf_event_type {
211 PERF_EVENT_MMAP = 1,
212 PERF_EVENT_MUNMAP = 2,
215 * Half the event type space is reserved for the counter overflow
216 * bitfields, as found in hw_event.record_type.
218 * These events will have types of the form:
219 * PERF_EVENT_COUNTER_OVERFLOW { | __PERF_EVENT_* } *
221 PERF_EVENT_COUNTER_OVERFLOW = 1UL << 31,
222 __PERF_EVENT_IP = PERF_RECORD_IP,
223 __PERF_EVENT_TID = PERF_RECORD_TID,
224 __PERF_EVENT_GROUP = PERF_RECORD_GROUP,
225 __PERF_EVENT_CALLCHAIN = PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN,
226 __PERF_EVENT_TIME = PERF_RECORD_TIME,
229 #ifdef __KERNEL__
231 * Kernel-internal data types and definitions:
234 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
235 # include <asm/perf_counter.h>
236 #endif
238 #include <linux/list.h>
239 #include <linux/mutex.h>
240 #include <linux/rculist.h>
241 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
242 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
243 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
244 #include <linux/fs.h>
245 #include <asm/atomic.h>
247 struct task_struct;
249 static inline u64 perf_event_raw(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event)
251 return hw_event->config & PERF_COUNTER_RAW_MASK;
254 static inline u64 perf_event_config(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event)
256 return hw_event->config & PERF_COUNTER_CONFIG_MASK;
259 static inline u64 perf_event_type(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event)
261 return (hw_event->config & PERF_COUNTER_TYPE_MASK) >>
262 PERF_COUNTER_TYPE_SHIFT;
265 static inline u64 perf_event_id(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event)
267 return hw_event->config & PERF_COUNTER_EVENT_MASK;
271 * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
273 struct hw_perf_counter {
274 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
275 union {
276 struct { /* hardware */
277 u64 config;
278 unsigned long config_base;
279 unsigned long counter_base;
280 int nmi;
281 unsigned int idx;
283 union { /* software */
284 atomic64_t count;
285 struct hrtimer hrtimer;
288 atomic64_t prev_count;
289 u64 irq_period;
290 atomic64_t period_left;
291 #endif
294 struct perf_counter;
297 * struct hw_perf_counter_ops - performance counter hw ops
299 struct hw_perf_counter_ops {
300 int (*enable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
301 void (*disable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
302 void (*read) (struct perf_counter *counter);
306 * enum perf_counter_active_state - the states of a counter
308 enum perf_counter_active_state {
309 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR = -2,
310 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF = -1,
311 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE = 0,
312 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE = 1,
315 struct file;
317 struct perf_mmap_data {
318 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
319 int nr_pages;
320 atomic_t wakeup;
321 atomic_t head;
322 atomic_t events;
323 struct perf_counter_mmap_page *user_page;
324 void *data_pages[0];
327 struct perf_pending_entry {
328 struct perf_pending_entry *next;
329 void (*func)(struct perf_pending_entry *);
333 * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
335 struct perf_counter {
336 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
337 struct list_head list_entry;
338 struct list_head event_entry;
339 struct list_head sibling_list;
340 int nr_siblings;
341 struct perf_counter *group_leader;
342 const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *hw_ops;
344 enum perf_counter_active_state state;
345 enum perf_counter_active_state prev_state;
346 atomic64_t count;
349 * These are the total time in nanoseconds that the counter
350 * has been enabled (i.e. eligible to run, and the task has
351 * been scheduled in, if this is a per-task counter)
352 * and running (scheduled onto the CPU), respectively.
354 * They are computed from tstamp_enabled, tstamp_running and
355 * tstamp_stopped when the counter is in INACTIVE or ACTIVE state.
357 u64 total_time_enabled;
358 u64 total_time_running;
361 * These are timestamps used for computing total_time_enabled
362 * and total_time_running when the counter is in INACTIVE or
363 * ACTIVE state, measured in nanoseconds from an arbitrary point
364 * in time.
365 * tstamp_enabled: the notional time when the counter was enabled
366 * tstamp_running: the notional time when the counter was scheduled on
367 * tstamp_stopped: in INACTIVE state, the notional time when the
368 * counter was scheduled off.
370 u64 tstamp_enabled;
371 u64 tstamp_running;
372 u64 tstamp_stopped;
374 struct perf_counter_hw_event hw_event;
375 struct hw_perf_counter hw;
377 struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
378 struct task_struct *task;
379 struct file *filp;
381 struct perf_counter *parent;
382 struct list_head child_list;
385 * These accumulate total time (in nanoseconds) that children
386 * counters have been enabled and running, respectively.
388 atomic64_t child_total_time_enabled;
389 atomic64_t child_total_time_running;
392 * Protect attach/detach and child_list:
394 struct mutex mutex;
396 int oncpu;
397 int cpu;
399 /* mmap bits */
400 struct mutex mmap_mutex;
401 atomic_t mmap_count;
402 struct perf_mmap_data *data;
404 /* poll related */
405 wait_queue_head_t waitq;
406 struct fasync_struct *fasync;
408 /* delayed work for NMIs and such */
409 int pending_wakeup;
410 int pending_disable;
411 struct perf_pending_entry pending;
413 atomic_t event_limit;
415 void (*destroy)(struct perf_counter *);
416 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
417 #endif
421 * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
423 * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
425 struct perf_counter_context {
426 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
428 * Protect the states of the counters in the list,
429 * nr_active, and the list:
431 spinlock_t lock;
433 * Protect the list of counters. Locking either mutex or lock
434 * is sufficient to ensure the list doesn't change; to change
435 * the list you need to lock both the mutex and the spinlock.
437 struct mutex mutex;
439 struct list_head counter_list;
440 struct list_head event_list;
441 int nr_counters;
442 int nr_active;
443 int is_active;
444 struct task_struct *task;
447 * time_now is the current time in nanoseconds since an arbitrary
448 * point in the past. For per-task counters, this is based on the
449 * task clock, and for per-cpu counters it is based on the cpu clock.
450 * time_lost is an offset from the task/cpu clock, used to make it
451 * appear that time only passes while the context is scheduled in.
453 u64 time_now;
454 u64 time_lost;
455 #endif
459 * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
461 struct perf_cpu_context {
462 struct perf_counter_context ctx;
463 struct perf_counter_context *task_ctx;
464 int active_oncpu;
465 int max_pertask;
466 int exclusive;
469 * Recursion avoidance:
471 * task, softirq, irq, nmi context
473 int recursion[4];
477 * Set by architecture code:
479 extern int perf_max_counters;
481 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
482 extern const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *
483 hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter);
485 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
486 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
487 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
488 extern void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
489 extern void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
490 extern void perf_counter_do_pending(void);
491 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
492 extern void perf_counter_unthrottle(void);
493 extern u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void);
494 extern void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl);
495 extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
496 extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
497 extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
498 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
499 struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu);
500 extern void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter);
502 extern int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter,
503 int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs);
505 * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
507 static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
509 return !perf_event_raw(&counter->hw_event) &&
510 perf_event_type(&counter->hw_event) != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
513 extern void perf_swcounter_event(u32, u64, int, struct pt_regs *);
515 extern void perf_counter_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
516 unsigned long pgoff, struct file *file);
518 extern void perf_counter_munmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
519 unsigned long pgoff, struct file *file);
521 #define MAX_STACK_DEPTH 255
523 struct perf_callchain_entry {
524 u16 nr, hv, kernel, user;
525 u64 ip[MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
528 extern struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs);
530 #else
531 static inline void
532 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
533 static inline void
534 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
535 static inline void
536 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu) { }
537 static inline void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child) { }
538 static inline void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child) { }
539 static inline void perf_counter_do_pending(void) { }
540 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void) { }
541 static inline void perf_counter_unthrottle(void) { }
542 static inline void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl) { }
543 static inline u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void) { return 0; }
544 static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
545 static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
547 static inline void
548 perf_swcounter_event(u32 event, u64 nr, int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs) { }
551 static inline void
552 perf_counter_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
553 unsigned long pgoff, struct file *file) { }
555 static inline void
556 perf_counter_munmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
557 unsigned long pgoff, struct file *file) { }
559 #endif
561 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
562 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */