From 9f0c4fa111dc909ca545c45ea20ec84da555ce16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kan Liang Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:11:10 -0700 Subject: perf/core: Add a new PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING event capability Current perf assumes that events in a group are independent. Close an event doesn't impact the value of the other events in the same group. If the closed event is a member, after the event closure, other events are still running like a group. If the closed event is a leader, other events are running as singleton events. Add PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING to allow events to indicate they require being part of a group, and when the leader dies they cannot exist independently. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200723171117.9918-8-kan.liang@linux.intel.com --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 04a49ccc7beb..6048650f8c1d 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -576,9 +576,13 @@ typedef void (*perf_overflow_handler_t)(struct perf_event *, * PERF_EV_CAP_SOFTWARE: Is a software event. * PERF_EV_CAP_READ_ACTIVE_PKG: A CPU event (or cgroup event) that can be read * from any CPU in the package where it is active. + * PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING: An event with this flag must be a group sibling and + * cannot be a group leader. If an event with this flag is detached from the + * group it is scheduled out and moved into an unrecoverable ERROR state. */ #define PERF_EV_CAP_SOFTWARE BIT(0) #define PERF_EV_CAP_READ_ACTIVE_PKG BIT(1) +#define PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING BIT(2) #define SWEVENT_HLIST_BITS 8 #define SWEVENT_HLIST_SIZE (1 << SWEVENT_HLIST_BITS) -- cgit