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authorAlexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>2019-10-23 10:11:04 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2019-10-28 12:50:59 +0100
commitfc1adfe306b71e094df636012f8c0fed971cad45 (patch)
treef150daf9668d76d730932c49564fbe2d4e85ff76 /include/linux/perf_event.h
parent65133033ee6ee34724ea3d82d5d1cfc6839ffdae (diff)
perf/core, perf/x86: Introduce swap_task_ctx() method at 'struct pmu'
Declare swap_task_ctx() methods at the generic and x86 specific pmu types to bridge calls to platform specific PMU code on optimized context switch path between equivalent task perf event contexts. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9a0aa84a-f062-9b64-3133-373658550c4b@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 4f77b22d47be..011dcbdbccc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ struct pmu {
*/
size_t task_ctx_size;
+ /*
+ * PMU specific parts of task perf event context (i.e. ctx->task_ctx_data)
+ * can be synchronized using this function. See Intel LBR callstack support
+ * implementation and Perf core context switch handling callbacks for usage
+ * examples.
+ */
+ void (*swap_task_ctx) (struct perf_event_context *prev,
+ struct perf_event_context *next);
+ /* optional */
/*
* Set up pmu-private data structures for an AUX area