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-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/internal.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/ring_buffer.c6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index d41394a1af36..8a73f75beb16 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1321,6 +1321,8 @@ extern int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
extern void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle);
extern unsigned int perf_output_copy(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
const void *buf, unsigned int len);
+extern unsigned int perf_output_skip(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
+ unsigned int len);
extern int perf_swevent_get_recursion_context(void);
extern void perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(int rctx);
extern void perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event);
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
index 7fd5408493d2..ce7bdfc1d045 100644
--- a/kernel/events/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ static inline int memcpy_common(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(__output_copy, memcpy_common)
+#define MEMCPY_SKIP(dst, src, n) (n)
+
+DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(__output_skip, MEMCPY_SKIP)
+
#ifndef arch_perf_out_copy_user
#define arch_perf_out_copy_user __copy_from_user_inatomic
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index b4c2ad3dee7a..23cb34ff3973 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ unsigned int perf_output_copy(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
return __output_copy(handle, buf, len);
}
+unsigned int perf_output_skip(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
+ unsigned int len)
+{
+ return __output_skip(handle, NULL, len);
+}
+
void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
{
perf_output_put_handle(handle);