1 files changed, 31 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 009a655a5d35..e1802d6153ae 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ enum perf_event_sample_format {
         PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT                      = 1U << 14,
         PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC                    = 1U << 15,
         PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER                  = 1U << 16,
+        PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION                 = 1U << 17,
 
-        PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 17,             /* non-ABI */
+        PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 18,             /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -181,6 +182,28 @@ enum perf_sample_regs_abi {
 };
 
 /*
+ * Values for the memory transaction event qualifier, mostly for
+ * abort events. Multiple bits can be set.
+ */
+enum {
+        PERF_TXN_ELISION        = (1 << 0), /* From elision */
+        PERF_TXN_TRANSACTION    = (1 << 1), /* From transaction */
+        PERF_TXN_SYNC           = (1 << 2), /* Instruction is related */
+        PERF_TXN_ASYNC          = (1 << 3), /* Instruction not related */
+        PERF_TXN_RETRY          = (1 << 4), /* Retry possible */
+        PERF_TXN_CONFLICT       = (1 << 5), /* Conflict abort */
+        PERF_TXN_CAPACITY_WRITE = (1 << 6), /* Capacity write abort */
+        PERF_TXN_CAPACITY_READ  = (1 << 7), /* Capacity read abort */
+
+        PERF_TXN_MAX            = (1 << 8), /* non-ABI */
+
+        /* bits 32..63 are reserved for the abort code */
+
+        PERF_TXN_ABORT_MASK  = (0xffffffffULL << 32),
+        PERF_TXN_ABORT_SHIFT = 32,
+};
+
+/*
  * The format of the data returned by read() on a perf event fd,
  * as specified by attr.read_format:
  *
@@ -456,13 +479,15 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
         /*
          * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
          *
-         * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an rmb(), on
-         * SMP capable platforms, after reading this value -- see
-         * perf_event_wakeup().
+         * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an smp_rmb(),
+         * after reading this value.
          *
          * When the mapping is PROT_WRITE the @data_tail value should be
-         * written by userspace to reflect the last read data. In this case
-         * the kernel will not over-write unread data.
+         * written by userspace to reflect the last read data, after issueing
+         * an smp_mb() to separate the data read from the ->data_tail store.
+         * In this case the kernel will not over-write unread data.
+         *
+         * See perf_output_put_handle() for the data ordering.
          */
         __u64   data_head;              /* head in the data section */
         __u64   data_tail;              /* user-space written tail */