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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2010-11-18 01:17:36 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-12-16 13:36:43 +0300
commit2e80a82a49c4c7eca4e35734380f28298ba5db19 (patch)
treec60fe1cc6696c893a2c6c5891981bf8e81d9ab90 /include/linux/perf_event.h
parent9f58a205c62d0dad1df38d076324a89b1a0f1d65 (diff)
downloadlinux-2e80a82a49c4c7eca4e35734380f28298ba5db19.tar.xz
perf: Dynamic pmu types
Extend the perf_pmu_register() interface to allow for named and dynamic pmu types. Because we need to support the existing static types we cannot use dynamic types for everything, hence provide a type argument. If we want to enumerate the PMUs they need a name, provide one. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20101117222056.259707703@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 30e50e2c7f30..21206d27466b 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ struct perf_event;
struct pmu {
struct list_head entry;
+ char *name;
+ int type;
+
int * __percpu pmu_disable_count;
struct perf_cpu_context * __percpu pmu_cpu_context;
int task_ctx_nr;
@@ -916,7 +919,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu);
+extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type);
extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu);
extern int perf_num_counters(void);