perf counters: add prctl interface to disable/enable counters
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / include / linux / perf_counter.h
1 /*
2  *  Performance counters:
3  *
4  *   Copyright(C) 2008, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
5  *   Copyright(C) 2008, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
6  *
7  *  Data type definitions, declarations, prototypes.
8  *
9  *  Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
10  *
11  *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
12  */
13 #ifndef _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
14 #define _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
15
16 #include <asm/atomic.h>
17
18 #include <linux/list.h>
19 #include <linux/mutex.h>
20 #include <linux/rculist.h>
21 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
22 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
23
24 struct task_struct;
25
26 /*
27  * User-space ABI bits:
28  */
29
30 /*
31  * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.type
32  * parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
33  */
34 enum hw_event_types {
35         /*
36          * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
37          */
38         PERF_COUNT_CYCLES               =  0,
39         PERF_COUNT_INSTRUCTIONS         =  1,
40         PERF_COUNT_CACHE_REFERENCES     =  2,
41         PERF_COUNT_CACHE_MISSES         =  3,
42         PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS  =  4,
43         PERF_COUNT_BRANCH_MISSES        =  5,
44
45         /*
46          * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if
47          * the hardware does not support performance counters. These
48          * counters measure various physical and sw events of the
49          * kernel (and allow the profiling of them as well):
50          */
51         PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK            = -1,
52         PERF_COUNT_TASK_CLOCK           = -2,
53         /*
54          * Future software events:
55          */
56         /* PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS       = -3,
57            PERF_COUNT_CONTEXT_SWITCHES  = -4, */
58 };
59
60 /*
61  * IRQ-notification data record type:
62  */
63 enum perf_counter_record_type {
64         PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE              =  0,
65         PERF_RECORD_IRQ                 =  1,
66         PERF_RECORD_GROUP               =  2,
67 };
68
69 /*
70  * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
71  */
72 struct perf_counter_hw_event {
73         s64                     type;
74
75         u64                     irq_period;
76         u32                     record_type;
77
78         u32                     disabled     :  1, /* off by default */
79                                 nmi          :  1, /* NMI sampling   */
80                                 raw          :  1, /* raw event type */
81                                 __reserved_1 : 29;
82
83         u64                     __reserved_2;
84 };
85
86 /*
87  * Kernel-internal data types:
88  */
89
90 /**
91  * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
92  */
93 struct hw_perf_counter {
94         u64                             config;
95         unsigned long                   config_base;
96         unsigned long                   counter_base;
97         int                             nmi;
98         unsigned int                    idx;
99         u64                             prev_count;
100         u64                             irq_period;
101         s32                             next_count;
102 };
103
104 /*
105  * Hardcoded buffer length limit for now, for IRQ-fed events:
106  */
107 #define PERF_DATA_BUFLEN                2048
108
109 /**
110  * struct perf_data - performance counter IRQ data sampling ...
111  */
112 struct perf_data {
113         int                             len;
114         int                             rd_idx;
115         int                             overrun;
116         u8                              data[PERF_DATA_BUFLEN];
117 };
118
119 struct perf_counter;
120
121 /**
122  * struct hw_perf_counter_ops - performance counter hw ops
123  */
124 struct hw_perf_counter_ops {
125         void (*hw_perf_counter_enable)  (struct perf_counter *counter);
126         void (*hw_perf_counter_disable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
127         void (*hw_perf_counter_read)    (struct perf_counter *counter);
128 };
129
130 /**
131  * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
132  */
133 struct perf_counter {
134         struct list_head                list_entry;
135         struct list_head                sibling_list;
136         struct perf_counter             *group_leader;
137         const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *hw_ops;
138
139         int                             active;
140 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
141         atomic64_t                      count;
142 #else
143         atomic_t                        count32[2];
144 #endif
145         struct perf_counter_hw_event    hw_event;
146         struct hw_perf_counter          hw;
147
148         struct perf_counter_context     *ctx;
149         struct task_struct              *task;
150
151         /*
152          * Protect attach/detach:
153          */
154         struct mutex                    mutex;
155
156         int                             oncpu;
157         int                             cpu;
158
159         /* read() / irq related data */
160         wait_queue_head_t               waitq;
161         /* optional: for NMIs */
162         int                             wakeup_pending;
163         struct perf_data                *irqdata;
164         struct perf_data                *usrdata;
165         struct perf_data                data[2];
166 };
167
168 /**
169  * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
170  *
171  * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
172  */
173 struct perf_counter_context {
174 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
175         /*
176          * Protect the list of counters:
177          */
178         spinlock_t              lock;
179
180         struct list_head        counter_list;
181         int                     nr_counters;
182         int                     nr_active;
183         struct task_struct      *task;
184 #endif
185 };
186
187 /**
188  * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
189  */
190 struct perf_cpu_context {
191         struct perf_counter_context     ctx;
192         struct perf_counter_context     *task_ctx;
193         int                             active_oncpu;
194         int                             max_pertask;
195 };
196
197 /*
198  * Set by architecture code:
199  */
200 extern int perf_max_counters;
201
202 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
203 extern const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *
204 hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter);
205
206 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
207 extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
208 extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
209 extern void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *task);
210 extern void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs);
211 extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
212 extern u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void);
213 extern void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl);
214 extern void atomic64_counter_set(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 val64);
215 extern u64 atomic64_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter);
216 extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
217 extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
218
219 #else
220 static inline void
221 perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)           { }
222 static inline void
223 perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)          { }
224 static inline void
225 perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)               { }
226 static inline void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *task)     { }
227 static inline void perf_counter_notify(struct pt_regs *regs)            { }
228 static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void)                       { }
229 static inline void hw_perf_restore(u64 ctrl)                    { }
230 static inline u64 hw_perf_save_disable(void)                  { return 0; }
231 static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void)       { return -EINVAL; }
232 static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void)        { return -EINVAL; }
233 #endif
234
235 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */