Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  perf_counter: Start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirements
  perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibility
  perf record: Explicity program a default counter
  perf_counter: Remove PERF_TYPE_RAW special casing
  perf_counter: PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE is a hardware counter too
  powerpc, perf_counter: Fix performance counter event types
  perf_counter/x86: Add a quirk for Atom processors
  perf_counter tools: Remove one L1-data alias

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index 6e133954e2e4..1b3118a1023a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ enum perf_counter_sample_format {
         PERF_SAMPLE_ID                          = 1U << 6,
         PERF_SAMPLE_CPU                         = 1U << 7,
         PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD                      = 1U << 8,
+
+        PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 9,              /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -131,17 +133,26 @@ enum perf_counter_read_format {
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED          = 1U << 0,
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING          = 1U << 1,
         PERF_FORMAT_ID                          = 1U << 2,
+
+        PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 3,              /* non-ABI */
 };
 
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0     64      /* sizeof first published struct */
+
 /*
  * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
  */
 struct perf_counter_attr {
+
         /*
          * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
          */
         __u32                   type;
-        __u32                   __reserved_1;
+
+        /*
+         * Size of the attr structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
+         */
+        __u32                   size;
 
         /*
          * Type specific configuration information.
@@ -168,12 +179,12 @@ struct perf_counter_attr {
                                 comm           :  1, /* include comm data     */
                                 freq           :  1, /* use freq, not period  */
 
-                                __reserved_2   : 53;
+                                __reserved_1   : 53;
 
         __u32                   wakeup_events;  /* wakeup every n events */
-        __u32                   __reserved_3;
+        __u32                   __reserved_2;
 
-        __u64                   __reserved_4;
+        __u64                   __reserved_3;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -621,7 +632,8 @@ extern int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
 static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
 {
         return (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
-                (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE);
+                (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
+                (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE);
 }
 
 extern void perf_swcounter_event(u32, u64, int, struct pt_regs *, u64);
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index c6c84ad8bd71..418d90f5effe 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -758,6 +758,6 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
 
 
 asmlinkage long sys_perf_counter_open(
-                const struct perf_counter_attr __user *attr_uptr,
+                struct perf_counter_attr __user *attr_uptr,
                 pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
 #endif