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Message-ID: <1424286764.29983.11.camel@x220>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:12:44 +0100
From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com,
peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, ak@...ux.intel.com,
jolsa@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org, cel@...ibm.com,
sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, sonnyrao@...omium.org,
johnmccutchan@...gle.com, dsahern@...il.com,
adrian.hunter@...el.com, pawel.moll@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] clock: add perf_clock posix clock
[s/pawell.moll/pawel.moll/]
On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 18:21 +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> This patch is a re-packaging of David's Ahern
> posix perf clock available here:
>
> https://github.com/dsahern/linux/blob/perf-full-monty/README.ahern
>
> The patch itself is based on Pawel Moll's original post:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/14/523
>
> The new clock is call PERF_CLOCK. To use it
>
> #include <time.h>
> #include <linux/time.h>
>
> struct timespec ts;
>
> clock_gettime(PERF_CLOCK, &ts);
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/time.h | 1 +
> kernel/time/Kconfig | 6 +++++
> kernel/time/Makefile | 1 +
> kernel/time/perf_posix_clock.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 kernel/time/perf_posix_clock.c
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/time.h b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> index e75e1b6..9066bf0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct itimerval {
> #define CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM 9
> #define CLOCK_SGI_CYCLE 10 /* Hardware specific */
> #define CLOCK_TAI 11
> +#define CLOCK_PERF 12
>
> #define MAX_CLOCKS 16
> #define CLOCKS_MASK (CLOCK_REALTIME | CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
> diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
> index d626dc9..6e4b707 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
> @@ -201,5 +201,11 @@ config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
> hardware is not capable then this option only increases
> the size of the kernel image.
>
> +config PERF_CLOCK
> + tristate "Perf_events posix clock timer source"
> + help
> + This option adds a new posix clock timer source which uses the same time
> + source as the perf_events subsystem. It makes it possible to correlate
> + user level samples with perf_events samples.
> endmenu
> endif
> diff --git a/kernel/time/Makefile b/kernel/time/Makefile
> index f622cf2..41cd183 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/time/Makefile
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT) += tick-sched.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_TIMER_STATS) += timer_stats.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += timekeeping_debug.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY) += test_udelay.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_CLOCK) += perf_posix_clock.o
>
> $(obj)/time.o: $(obj)/timeconst.h
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/perf_posix_clock.c b/kernel/time/perf_posix_clock.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..03c58b2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/time/perf_posix_clock.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
> +/*
> + * Implements CLOCK_PERF.
> + *
> + * perf_clock is not exported, but for as long as I can remember perf_clock
> + * is local_clock which is exported. Make use of that.
> + *
> + * posix clock implementation by Pawel Moll
> + * https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/14/523
> + *
> + * module by David Ahern, December 2013
> + */
> +#include <linux/version.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/time.h>
> +#include <linux/posix-timers.h>
> +
> +static int perf_posix_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock,
> + struct timespec *tp)
> +{
> + *tp = ns_to_timespec(TICK_NSEC);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int perf_posix_clock_get(clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
> +{
> + *tp = ns_to_timespec(local_clock());
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static struct k_clock perf_posix_clock = {
> + .clock_getres = perf_posix_clock_getres,
> + .clock_get = perf_posix_clock_get,
> +};
> +
> +static int perf_posix_clock_init(void)
> +{
> + /* register this character driver */
> + posix_timers_register_clock(CLOCK_PERF, &perf_posix_clock);
> +
> + printk(KERN_INFO "perf_clock clock registered\n");
> +
> + /* no API to unregister a clock so this module cannot be unloaded */
> + __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +module_init(perf_posix_clock_init);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("David Ahern");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
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