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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c index 17807acb05d..21f16edf6c8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c @@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ static int op_powerpc_create_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *root) oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr0", &sys.mmcr0); oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcr1", &sys.mmcr1); oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "mmcra", &sys.mmcra); +#ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_CELL + /* create a file the user tool can check to see what level of profiling + * support exits with this kernel. Initialize bit mask to indicate + * what support the kernel has: + * bit 0 - Supports SPU event profiling in addition to PPU + * event and cycles; and SPU cycle profiling + * bits 1-31 - Currently unused. + * + * If the file does not exist, then the kernel only supports SPU + * cycle profiling, PPU event and cycle profiling. + */ + oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "cell_support", &sys.cell_support); + sys.cell_support = 0x1; /* Note, the user OProfile tool must check + * that this bit is set before attempting to + * user SPU event profiling. Older kernels + * will not have this file, hence the user + * tool is not allowed to do SPU event + * profiling on older kernels. Older kernels + * will accept SPU events but collected data + * is garbage. + */ +#endif #endif for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) { |