From 04289bb9891882202d7e961c4c04d2376930e9f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:38:42 +0100 Subject: perf counters: add support for group counters Impact: add group counters This patch adds the "counter groups" abstraction. Groups of counters behave much like normal 'single' counters, with a few semantic and behavioral extensions on top of that. A counter group is created by creating a new counter with the open() syscall's group-leader group_fd file descriptor parameter pointing to another, already existing counter. Groups of counters are scheduled in and out in one atomic group, and they are also roundrobin-scheduled atomically. Counters that are member of a group can also record events with an (atomic) extended timestamp that extends to all members of the group, if the record type is set to PERF_RECORD_GROUP. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/perf_counter.h | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/perf_counter.h') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h index a2b4852e2d70..7af7d8965460 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h @@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ struct perf_data { * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation: */ struct perf_counter { - struct list_head list; + struct list_head list_entry; + struct list_head sibling_list; + struct perf_counter *group_leader; + int active; #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64 atomic64_t count; @@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ struct perf_counter_context { * Protect the list of counters: */ spinlock_t lock; - struct list_head counters; + + struct list_head counter_list; int nr_counters; int nr_active; struct task_struct *task; -- cgit v1.2.2