performance counters: x86 support

Implement performance counters for x86 Intel CPUs.

It's simplified right now: the PERFMON CPU feature is assumed,
which is available in Core2 and later Intel CPUs.

The design is flexible to be extended to more CPU types as well.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 82ec6075c057..89e53361fe24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Makefile for x86-compatible CPU details and quirks
+# Makefile for x86-compatible CPU details, features and quirks
 #
 
 obj-y                   := intel_cacheinfo.o addon_cpuid_features.o
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR_64)	+= centaur_64.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32)      += transmeta.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32)            += umc.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)   += mcheck/
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)      += mtrr/
-obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)  += cpufreq/
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS)             += perf_counter.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += perfctr-watchdog.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)                   += mcheck/
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)                      += mtrr/
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)                  += cpufreq/
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)            += perfctr-watchdog.o
 
 quiet_cmd_mkcapflags = MKCAP   $@
       cmd_mkcapflags = $(PERL) $(srctree)/$(src)/mkcapflags.pl $< $@