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authorTim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>2009-12-27 08:43:06 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-12-28 03:14:37 -0500
commit0b413e44d64aeac36a096505a40fc2ff470872fa (patch)
tree00a29e51f44b5fe20b379e7b758ce154e4a424a5 /tools/perf/design.txt
parent049ae80b8790bd3c150d78e3351dcc491e9f2416 (diff)
perf: Rename perf_event_hw_event in design document
perf_event_hw_event has been renamed to perf_event_attr. The design document was still using the old name, though. Signed-off-by: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4B37646A.90108@klingt.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used.
21The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open() 21The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open()
22system call: 22system call:
23 23
24 int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_hw_event *hw_event_uptr, 24 int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr,
25 pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, 25 pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
26 unsigned long flags); 26 unsigned long flags);
27 27
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ can be used to set the blocking mode, etc.
32Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters 32Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters
33can be poll()ed. 33can be poll()ed.
34 34
35When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_hw_event' is: 35When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_attr' is:
36 36
37struct perf_event_hw_event { 37struct perf_event_attr {
38 /* 38 /*
39 * The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu 39 * The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu
40 * specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next 40 * specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Notification of new events is possible through poll()/select()/epoll() and
399fcntl() managing signals. 399fcntl() managing signals.
400 400
401Normally a notification is generated for every page filled, however one can 401Normally a notification is generated for every page filled, however one can
402additionally set perf_event_hw_event.wakeup_events to generate one every 402additionally set perf_event_attr.wakeup_events to generate one every
403so many counter overflow events. 403so many counter overflow events.
404 404
405Future work will include a splice() interface to the ring-buffer. 405Future work will include a splice() interface to the ring-buffer.