linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 6/6] tools headers UAPI: Update tools's copy of linux/perf

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:05:12 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>,
        "Ben Dooks (Codethink)" <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@...utronix.de>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] tools headers UAPI: Update tools's copy of linux/perf_event.h

To get the changes in the commit:

  "perf: Add perf_event_mmap_page::cap_user_time_short ABI"

This update is a prerequisite to add support for short clock counters
related ABI extension.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
---
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 7b2d6fc9e6ed..21a1edd08cbe 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -532,9 +532,10 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
 				cap_bit0_is_deprecated	: 1, /* Always 1, signals that bit 0 is zero */
 
 				cap_user_rdpmc		: 1, /* The RDPMC instruction can be used to read counts */
-				cap_user_time		: 1, /* The time_* fields are used */
+				cap_user_time		: 1, /* The time_{shift,mult,offset} fields are used */
 				cap_user_time_zero	: 1, /* The time_zero field is used */
-				cap_____res		: 59;
+				cap_user_time_short	: 1, /* the time_{cycle,mask} fields are used */
+				cap_____res		: 58;
 		};
 	};
 
@@ -593,13 +594,29 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
 	 *               ((rem * time_mult) >> time_shift);
 	 */
 	__u64	time_zero;
+
 	__u32	size;			/* Header size up to __reserved[] fields. */
+	__u32	__reserved_1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If cap_usr_time_short, the hardware clock is less than 64bit wide
+	 * and we must compute the 'cyc' value, as used by cap_usr_time, as:
+	 *
+	 *   cyc = time_cycles + ((cyc - time_cycles) & time_mask)
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: this form is explicitly chosen such that cap_usr_time_short
+	 *       is a correction on top of cap_usr_time, and code that doesn't
+	 *       know about cap_usr_time_short still works under the assumption
+	 *       the counter doesn't wrap.
+	 */
+	__u64	time_cycles;
+	__u64	time_mask;
 
 		/*
 		 * Hole for extension of the self monitor capabilities
 		 */
 
-	__u8	__reserved[118*8+4];	/* align to 1k. */
+	__u8	__reserved[116*8];	/* align to 1k. */
 
 	/*
 	 * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
-- 
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