From 0dc8335aa3e59f1adbb0fce7c9c0b342146cd036 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Richter Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:09:33 +0200 Subject: oprofile: remove irq_flags in struct op_entry This became obsolete with this commit: 304cc6a ring_buffer: remove unused flags parameter, fix Signed-off-by: Robert Richter --- include/linux/oprofile.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h index 1d9518bc4c5..dbbe2dbc441 100644 --- a/include/linux/oprofile.h +++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h @@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ struct op_sample; struct op_entry { struct ring_buffer_event *event; struct op_sample *sample; - unsigned long irq_flags; unsigned long size; unsigned long *data; }; -- cgit v1.2.3 From 51563a0e5650d0d76539625388d72d62b34c726e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Richter Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:54:56 +0200 Subject: x86/oprofile: introduce oprofile_add_data64() The IBS implemention writes 64 bit register values to the cpu buffer by writing two 32 values using oprofile_add_data(). This patch introduces oprofile_add_data64() to write a single 64 bit value to the buffer. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter --- include/linux/oprofile.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h index dbbe2dbc441..d68d2ed94f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/oprofile.h +++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ void oprofile_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned long pc, int code, int size); int oprofile_add_data(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long val); +int oprofile_add_data64(struct op_entry *entry, u64 val); int oprofile_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry); #endif /* OPROFILE_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4d4036e0e7299c6cbb2d2421b4b30b7a409ce61a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Yeh Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:49:38 +0200 Subject: oprofile: Implement performance counter multiplexing The number of hardware counters is limited. The multiplexing feature enables OProfile to gather more events than counters are provided by the hardware. This is realized by switching between events at an user specified time interval. A new file (/dev/oprofile/time_slice) is added for the user to specify the timer interval in ms. If the number of events to profile is higher than the number of hardware counters available, the patch will schedule a work queue that switches the event counter and re-writes the different sets of values into it. The switching mechanism needs to be implemented for each architecture to support multiplexing. This patch only implements AMD CPU support, but multiplexing can be easily extended for other models and architectures. There are follow-on patches that rework parts of this patch. Signed-off-by: Jason Yeh Signed-off-by: Robert Richter --- include/linux/oprofile.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h index d68d2ed94f1..5171639ecf0 100644 --- a/include/linux/oprofile.h +++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ struct oprofile_operations { /* Initiate a stack backtrace. Optional. */ void (*backtrace)(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth); + + /* Multiplex between different events. Optional. */ + int (*switch_events)(void); /* CPU identification string. */ char * cpu_type; }; -- cgit v1.2.3