From f7d7986060b2890fc26db6ab5203efbd33aa2497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Blanchard Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:09:29 +0000 Subject: perf_event: Add alignment-faults and emulation-faults software events Add two more software events that are common to many cpus. Alignment faults: When a load or store is not aligned properly. Emulation faults: When an instruction is emulated in software. Both cause a very significant slowdown (100x or worse), so identifying and fixing them is very important. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- kernel/perf_event.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/perf_event.c') diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c index 9d0b5c66588..0683b33cbb2 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -4186,6 +4186,8 @@ static const struct pmu *sw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event) case PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ: case PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES: case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS: + case PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS: + case PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS: if (!event->parent) { atomic_inc(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id]); event->destroy = sw_perf_event_destroy; -- cgit v1.2.3