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authorRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2008-12-25 11:26:07 -0500
committerRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2009-01-07 16:40:47 -0500
commitae735e9964b4584923f2997d98a8d80ae9c1a75c (patch)
tree0fc72d18bcc5951f9dd519e8a4527593724b816f /arch/x86
parent2d87b14cf8d0b07720de26d90789d02124141616 (diff)
oprofile: rework implementation of cpu buffer events
Special events such as task or context switches are marked with an escape code in the cpu buffer followed by an event code or a task identifier. There is one escape code per event. To make escape sequences also available for data samples the internal cpu buffer format must be changed. The current implementation does not allow the extension of event codes since this would lead to collisions with the task identifiers. To avoid this, this patch introduces an event mask that allows the storage of multiple events with one escape code. Now, task identifiers are stored in the data section of the sample. The implementation also allows the usage of custom data in a sample. As a side effect the new code is much more readable and easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
index 423a95438cbc..f101724db80a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
2 * @file op_model_amd.c 2 * @file op_model_amd.c
3 * athlon / K7 / K8 / Family 10h model-specific MSR operations 3 * athlon / K7 / K8 / Family 10h model-specific MSR operations
4 * 4 *
5 * @remark Copyright 2002-2008 OProfile authors 5 * @remark Copyright 2002-2009 OProfile authors
6 * @remark Read the file COPYING 6 * @remark Read the file COPYING
7 * 7 *
8 * @author John Levon 8 * @author John Levon
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
10 * @author Graydon Hoare 10 * @author Graydon Hoare
11 * @author Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> 11 * @author Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
12 * @author Barry Kasindorf 12 * @author Barry Kasindorf
13*/ 13 */
14 14
15#include <linux/oprofile.h> 15#include <linux/oprofile.h>
16#include <linux/device.h> 16#include <linux/device.h>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ static unsigned long reset_value[NUM_COUNTERS];
62 62
63/* Codes used in cpu_buffer.c */ 63/* Codes used in cpu_buffer.c */
64/* This produces duplicate code, need to be fixed */ 64/* This produces duplicate code, need to be fixed */
65#define IBS_FETCH_BEGIN 3 65#define IBS_FETCH_BEGIN (1UL << 4)
66#define IBS_OP_BEGIN 4 66#define IBS_OP_BEGIN (1UL << 5)
67 67
68/* 68/*
69 * The function interface needs to be fixed, something like add 69 * The function interface needs to be fixed, something like add