1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
index 17807acb05d9..21f16edf6c8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
@@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ static int op_powerpc_create_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *root)
         oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr0", &sys.mmcr0);
         oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr1", &sys.mmcr1);
         oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcra", &sys.mmcra);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_CELL
+        /* create a file the user tool can check to see what level of profiling
+         * support exits with this kernel. Initialize bit mask to indicate
+         * what support the kernel has:
+         * bit 0      -  Supports SPU event profiling in addition to PPU
+         *               event and cycles; and SPU cycle profiling
+         * bits 1-31  -  Currently unused.
+         *
+         * If the file does not exist, then the kernel only supports SPU
+         * cycle profiling, PPU event and cycle profiling.
+         */
+        oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "cell_support", &sys.cell_support);
+        sys.cell_support = 0x1; /* Note, the user OProfile tool must check
+                                 * that this bit is set before attempting to
+                                 * user SPU event profiling.  Older kernels
+                                 * will not have this file, hence the user
+                                 * tool is not allowed to do SPU event
+                                 * profiling on older kernels.  Older kernels
+                                 * will accept SPU events but collected data
+                                 * is garbage.
+                                 */
+#endif
 #endif
 
         for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {