linux-kernel - [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: PERF_RECORD

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Message-ID: <tip-339f7c90b8a2f3aa2dd4267e79f797999e8a3c59@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:08:13 GMT
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de,
	cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: PERF_RECORD_TIME

Commit-ID:  339f7c90b8a2f3aa2dd4267e79f797999e8a3c59
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/339f7c90b8a2f3aa2dd4267e79f797999e8a3c59
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:45:06 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:48:57 +0200

perf_counter: PERF_RECORD_TIME

By popular request, provide means to log a timestamp along with the
counter overflow event.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090406094518.024173282@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 include/linux/perf_counter.h |    2 ++
 kernel/perf_counter.c        |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index ca2d4df..928a7fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum perf_counter_record_format {
 	PERF_RECORD_TID		= 1U << 1,
 	PERF_RECORD_GROUP	= 1U << 2,
 	PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN	= 1U << 3,
+	PERF_RECORD_TIME	= 1U << 4,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	__PERF_EVENT_TID		= PERF_RECORD_TID,
 	__PERF_EVENT_GROUP		= PERF_RECORD_GROUP,
 	__PERF_EVENT_CALLCHAIN		= PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN,
+	__PERF_EVENT_TIME		= PERF_RECORD_TIME,
 };
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index c841563..19990d1 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	} group_entry;
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *callchain = NULL;
 	int callchain_size = 0;
+	u64 time;
 
 	header.type = PERF_EVENT_COUNTER_OVERFLOW;
 	header.size = sizeof(header);
@@ -1862,6 +1863,16 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (record_type & PERF_RECORD_TIME) {
+		/*
+		 * Maybe do better on x86 and provide cpu_clock_nmi()
+		 */
+		time = sched_clock();
+
+		header.type |= __PERF_EVENT_TIME;
+		header.size += sizeof(u64);
+	}
+
 	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, header.size, nmi);
 	if (ret)
 		return;
@@ -1895,6 +1906,9 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	if (callchain)
 		perf_output_copy(&handle, callchain, callchain_size);
 
+	if (record_type & PERF_RECORD_TIME)
+		perf_output_put(&handle, time);
+
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
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