[tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Log irq_period changes

From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 13:20:12 EST


Commit-ID: 26b119bc811a73bac6ecf95bdf284bf31c7955f0
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/26b119bc811a73bac6ecf95bdf284bf31c7955f0
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:21:20 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:43:33 +0200

perf_counter: Log irq_period changes

For the dynamic irq_period code, log whenever we change the period so that
analyzing code can normalize the event flow.

[ Impact: add new feature to allow more precise profiling ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20090520102553.298769743@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
include/linux/perf_counter.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/perf_counter.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index c8c1dfc..f612941 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ enum perf_event_type {
PERF_EVENT_COMM = 3,

/*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u64 irq_period;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_EVENT_PERIOD = 4,
+
+ /*
* When header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW the event_type field
* will be PERF_RECORD_*
*
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 64113e6..db02eb1 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,9 @@ int perf_counter_task_enable(void)
return 0;
}

-void perf_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void perf_log_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 period);
+
+static void perf_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
{
struct perf_counter *counter;
u64 irq_period;
@@ -1072,6 +1074,8 @@ void perf_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
if (!irq_period)
irq_period = 1;

+ perf_log_period(counter, irq_period);
+
counter->hw.irq_period = irq_period;
counter->hw.interrupts = 0;
}
@@ -2407,6 +2411,40 @@ void perf_counter_munmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
}

/*
+ *
+ */
+
+static void perf_log_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 period)
+{
+ struct perf_output_handle handle;
+ int ret;
+
+ struct {
+ struct perf_event_header header;
+ u64 time;
+ u64 period;
+ } freq_event = {
+ .header = {
+ .type = PERF_EVENT_PERIOD,
+ .misc = 0,
+ .size = sizeof(freq_event),
+ },
+ .time = sched_clock(),
+ .period = period,
+ };
+
+ if (counter->hw.irq_period == period)
+ return;
+
+ ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, sizeof(freq_event), 0, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return;
+
+ perf_output_put(&handle, freq_event);
+ perf_output_end(&handle);
+}
+
+/*
* Generic counter overflow handling.
*/

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