perf: Add helper function to return number of counters

The number of counters for the registered pmu is needed in a few places
so provide a helper function that returns this number.

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 716f99b682c1..1a0219247183 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ extern int perf_max_events;
 
 extern const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event);
 
+extern int perf_num_counters(void);
 extern void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task);
 extern void perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *next);
 extern void perf_event_task_tick(struct task_struct *task);