+/**
+ * perf_event_create_kernel_counter
+ *
+ * @attr: attributes of the counter to create
+ * @cpu: cpu in which the counter is bound
+ * @pid: task to profile
+ */
+struct perf_event *
+perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
+ pid_t pid,
+ perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler)
+{
+ struct perf_event *event;
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+ int err;
+
+ /*
+ * Get the target context (task or percpu):
+ */
+
+ ctx = find_get_context(pid, cpu);
+ if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
+ goto err_exit;
+ }
+
+ event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, ctx, NULL,
+ NULL, overflow_handler, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (IS_ERR(event)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(event);
+ goto err_put_context;
+ }
+
+ event->filp = NULL;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+ perf_install_in_context(ctx, event, cpu);
+ ++ctx->generation;
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+
+ event->owner = current;
+ get_task_struct(current);
+ mutex_lock(¤t->perf_event_mutex);
+ list_add_tail(&event->owner_entry, ¤t->perf_event_list);
+ mutex_unlock(¤t->perf_event_mutex);
+
+ return event;
+
+ err_put_context:
+ put_ctx(ctx);
+ err_exit:
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_create_kernel_counter);
+