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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:40:26 -0700
From: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Shunsuke Nakamura <nakamura.shun@...itsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] perf: Add PERF_EVENT_IOC_INC_EVENT_LIMIT
On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 05:02:39PM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> Introduce a new perf ioctl key PERF_EVENT_IOC_INC_EVENT_LIMIT that
> functions the same as PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH, except it does not
> immediately enable counters.
>
> Also create a libperf API perf_evsel__refresh() to allow libperf users
> access to this ioctl key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop discussion about signal race condition
> - Add new patch "libperf: Add perf_evsel__refresh() function"
> - This newly added patch was pulled from a different series with
> modifications to fit the new ioctl key
> -
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240726-overflow_check_libperf-v2-0-7d154dcf6bea@rivosinc.com/
> will be updated
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240724-perf_set_event_limit-v1-0-e680c93eca55@rivosinc.com
>
> ---
> Charlie Jenkins (3):
> perf: Add PERF_EVENT_IOC_INC_EVENT_LIMIT
> perf: Document PERF_EVENT_IOC_INC_EVENT_LIMIT
> libperf: Add perf_evsel__refresh() function
>
> include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 +--
> include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
> kernel/events/core.c | 17 +++++++----
> tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
> tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt | 2 ++
> tools/lib/perf/evsel.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h | 2 ++
> tools/lib/perf/libperf.map | 2 ++
> tools/perf/design.txt | 5 ++++
> 9 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 0c3836482481200ead7b416ca80c68a29cfdaabd
> change-id: 20240724-perf_set_event_limit-079f1b996376
> --
> - Charlie
>
I am interested in people's opinion of this. Let me know if there are
any concerns.
- Charlie
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