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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/design.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/design.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt index 63a0e6f04a0..a28dca2582a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/design.txt +++ b/tools/perf/design.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ underlying hardware counters. Performance counters are accessed via special file descriptors. There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used. -The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open() +The special file descriptor is opened via the sys_perf_event_open() system call: int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr, @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ machine-specific. If 'raw_type' is 0, then the 'type' field says what kind of counter this is, with the following encoding: -enum perf_event_types { +enum perf_type_id { PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE = 0, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE = 1, PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT = 2, @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ specified by 'event_id': * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.event_id * parameter of the sys_perf_event_open() syscall: */ -enum hw_event_ids { +enum perf_hw_id { /* * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel: */ @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ software events, selected by 'event_id': * physical and sw events of the kernel (and allow the profiling of them as * well): */ -enum sw_event_ids { +enum perf_sw_ids { PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK = 0, PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK = 1, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS = 2, @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ these events are recorded in the ring-buffer (see below). The 'comm' bit allows tracking of process comm data on process creation. This too is recorded in the ring-buffer (see below). -The 'pid' parameter to the perf_event_open() system call allows the +The 'pid' parameter to the sys_perf_event_open() system call allows the counter to be specific to a task: pid == 0: if the pid parameter is zero, the counter is attached to the @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ The 'flags' parameter is currently unused and must be zero. The 'group_fd' parameter allows counter "groups" to be set up. A counter group has one counter which is the group "leader". The leader -is created first, with group_fd = -1 in the perf_event_open call +is created first, with group_fd = -1 in the sys_perf_event_open call that creates it. The rest of the group members are created subsequently, with group_fd giving the fd of the group leader. (A single counter on its own is created with group_fd = -1 and is |