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>
20 * User-space ABI bits:
24 * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.type
25 * parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
29 * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
31 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CYCLES
= 0,
32 PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS
= 1,
33 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_REFERENCES
= 2,
34 PERF_COUNT_CACHE_MISSES
= 3,
35 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS
= 4,
36 PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_MISSES
= 5,
37 PERF_COUNT_BUS_CYCLES
= 6,
39 PERF_HW_EVENTS_MAX
= 7,
42 * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if
43 * the hardware does not support performance counters. These
44 * counters measure various physical and sw events of the
45 * kernel (and allow the profiling of them as well):
47 PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK
= -1,
48 PERF_COUNT_TASK_CLOCK
= -2,
49 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS
= -3,
50 PERF_COUNT_CONTEXT_SWITCHES
= -4,
51 PERF_COUNT_CPU_MIGRATIONS
= -5,
52 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN
= -6,
53 PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ
= -7,
55 PERF_SW_EVENTS_MIN
= -8,
59 * IRQ-notification data record type:
61 enum perf_counter_record_type
{
62 PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE
= 0,
64 PERF_RECORD_GROUP
= 2,
68 * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
70 struct perf_counter_hw_event
{
77 __u64 disabled
: 1, /* off by default */
78 nmi
: 1, /* NMI sampling */
79 raw
: 1, /* raw event type */
80 inherit
: 1, /* children inherit it */
81 pinned
: 1, /* must always be on PMU */
82 exclusive
: 1, /* only group on PMU */
83 exclude_user
: 1, /* don't count user */
84 exclude_kernel
: 1, /* ditto kernel */
85 exclude_hv
: 1, /* ditto hypervisor */
86 exclude_idle
: 1, /* don't count when idle */
90 __u32 extra_config_len
;
98 * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
100 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE _IO('$', 0)
101 #define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE _IO('$', 1)
105 * Kernel-internal data types and definitions:
108 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
109 # include <asm/perf_counter.h>
112 #include <linux/list.h>
113 #include <linux/mutex.h>
114 #include <linux/rculist.h>
115 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
116 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
117 #include <asm/atomic.h>
122 * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
124 struct hw_perf_counter
{
125 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
127 unsigned long config_base
;
128 unsigned long counter_base
;
131 atomic64_t count
; /* software */
132 atomic64_t prev_count
;
134 atomic64_t period_left
;
139 * Hardcoded buffer length limit for now, for IRQ-fed events:
141 #define PERF_DATA_BUFLEN 2048
144 * struct perf_data - performance counter IRQ data sampling ...
150 u8 data
[PERF_DATA_BUFLEN
];
156 * struct hw_perf_counter_ops - performance counter hw ops
158 struct hw_perf_counter_ops
{
159 int (*enable
) (struct perf_counter
*counter
);
160 void (*disable
) (struct perf_counter
*counter
);
161 void (*read
) (struct perf_counter
*counter
);
165 * enum perf_counter_active_state - the states of a counter
167 enum perf_counter_active_state
{
168 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR
= -2,
169 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF
= -1,
170 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE
= 0,
171 PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE
= 1,
177 * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
179 struct perf_counter
{
180 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
181 struct list_head list_entry
;
182 struct list_head sibling_list
;
183 struct perf_counter
*group_leader
;
184 const struct hw_perf_counter_ops
*hw_ops
;
186 enum perf_counter_active_state state
;
187 enum perf_counter_active_state prev_state
;
190 struct perf_counter_hw_event hw_event
;
191 struct hw_perf_counter hw
;
193 struct perf_counter_context
*ctx
;
194 struct task_struct
*task
;
197 struct perf_counter
*parent
;
198 struct list_head child_list
;
201 * Protect attach/detach and child_list:
208 /* read() / irq related data */
209 wait_queue_head_t waitq
;
210 /* optional: for NMIs */
212 struct perf_data
*irqdata
;
213 struct perf_data
*usrdata
;
214 struct perf_data data
[2];
219 * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
221 * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
223 struct perf_counter_context
{
224 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
226 * Protect the states of the counters in the list,
227 * nr_active, and the list:
231 * Protect the list of counters. Locking either mutex or lock
232 * is sufficient to ensure the list doesn't change; to change
233 * the list you need to lock both the mutex and the spinlock.
237 struct list_head counter_list
;
241 struct task_struct
*task
;
246 * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
248 struct perf_cpu_context
{
249 struct perf_counter_context ctx
;
250 struct perf_counter_context
*task_ctx
;
257 * Set by architecture code:
259 extern int perf_max_counters
;
261 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
262 extern const struct hw_perf_counter_ops
*
263 hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter
*counter
);
265 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
);
266 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
);
267 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
);
268 extern void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct
*child
);
269 extern void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct
*child
);
270 extern void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs
*regs
);
271 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
272 extern void perf_counter_unthrottle(void);
273 extern u64
hw_perf_save_disable(void);
274 extern void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl
);
275 extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
276 extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
277 extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter
*group_leader
,
278 struct perf_cpu_context
*cpuctx
,
279 struct perf_counter_context
*ctx
, int cpu
);
282 * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
284 static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter
*counter
)
286 return !counter
->hw_event
.raw
&& counter
->hw_event
.type
< 0;
289 extern void perf_swcounter_event(enum hw_event_types
, u64
, int, struct pt_regs
*);
293 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
) { }
295 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
) { }
297 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct
*task
, int cpu
) { }
298 static inline void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct
*child
) { }
299 static inline void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct
*child
) { }
300 static inline void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs
*regs
) { }
301 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void) { }
302 static inline void perf_counter_unthrottle(void) { }
303 static inline void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl
) { }
304 static inline u64
hw_perf_save_disable(void) { return 0; }
305 static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void) { return -EINVAL
; }
306 static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void) { return -EINVAL
; }
308 static inline void perf_swcounter_event(enum hw_event_types event
, u64 nr
,
309 int nmi
, struct pt_regs
*regs
) { }
312 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
313 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */