perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data

In some cases, ordinary (non-AUX) events can generate data for AUX events.
For example, PEBS events can come out as records in the Intel PT stream
instead of their usual DS records, if configured to do so.

One requirement for such events is to consistently schedule together, to
ensure that the data from the "AUX output" events isn't lost while their
corresponding AUX event is not scheduled. We use grouping to provide this
guarantee: an "AUX output" event can be added to a group where an AUX event
is a group leader, and provided that the former supports writing to the
latter.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190806084606.4021-2-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index e8ad3c590a23..61448c19a132 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ struct perf_event;
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE                     0x20
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS         0x40
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE                 0x80
+#define PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT                 0x100
 
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
@@ -447,6 +448,16 @@ struct pmu {
                                         /* optional */
 
         /*
+         * Check if event can be used for aux_output purposes for
+         * events of this PMU.
+         *
+         * Runs from perf_event_open(). Should return 0 for "no match"
+         * or non-zero for "match".
+         */
+        int (*aux_output_match)         (struct perf_event *event);
+                                        /* optional */
+
+        /*
          * Filter events for PMU-specific reasons.
          */
         int (*filter_match)             (struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
@@ -681,6 +692,9 @@ struct perf_event {
         struct perf_addr_filter_range   *addr_filter_ranges;
         unsigned long                   addr_filters_gen;
 
+        /* for aux_output events */
+        struct perf_event               *aux_event;
+
         void (*destroy)(struct perf_event *);
         struct rcu_head                 rcu_head;