+};
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, cpu_buffer);
+
+/*
+ * Resets the cpu buffer to a sane state.
+ *
+ * reset these to invalid values; the next sample collected will
+ * populate the buffer with proper values to initialize the buffer
+ */
+static inline void op_cpu_buffer_reset(int cpu)
+{
+ struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, cpu);
+
+ cpu_buf->last_is_kernel = -1;
+ cpu_buf->last_task = NULL;
+}
+
+struct op_sample
+*op_cpu_buffer_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long size);
+int op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry);
+struct op_sample *op_cpu_buffer_read_entry(struct op_entry *entry, int cpu);
+unsigned long op_cpu_buffer_entries(int cpu);
+
+/* returns the remaining free size of data in the entry */
+static inline
+int op_cpu_buffer_add_data(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long val)
+{
+ if (!entry->size)
+ return 0;
+ *entry->data = val;
+ entry->size--;
+ entry->data++;
+ return entry->size;
+}