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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/design.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/design.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt index f000c30877a..bd0bb1b1279 100644 --- a/tools/perf/design.txt +++ b/tools/perf/design.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used. The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open() system call: - int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_hw_event *hw_event_uptr, + int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr, pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags); @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ can be used to set the blocking mode, etc. Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters can be poll()ed. -When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_hw_event' is: +When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_attr' is: -struct perf_event_hw_event { +struct perf_event_attr { /* * The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu * specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next @@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ enum hw_event_ids { */ PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES = 0, PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS = 1, - PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2, + PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES = 3, PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4, - PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES = 5, + PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES = 5, PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES = 6, }; @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ software events, selected by 'event_id': */ enum sw_event_ids { PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK = 0, - PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK = 1, - PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS = 2, + PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK = 1, + PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS = 2, PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES = 3, PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5, @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Notification of new events is possible through poll()/select()/epoll() and fcntl() managing signals. Normally a notification is generated for every page filled, however one can -additionally set perf_event_hw_event.wakeup_events to generate one every +additionally set perf_event_attr.wakeup_events to generate one every so many counter overflow events. Future work will include a splice() interface to the ring-buffer. |