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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h index 62c25a25291c..42cb7b62ca59 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h @@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ enum perf_event_sample_format { PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER = 1U << 13, PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT = 1U << 14, PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC = 1U << 15, + PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER = 1U << 16, - PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 16, /* non-ABI */ + PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 17, /* non-ABI */ }; /* @@ -492,12 +493,12 @@ enum perf_event_type { /* * If perf_event_attr.sample_id_all is set then all event types will * have the sample_type selected fields related to where/when - * (identity) an event took place (TID, TIME, ID, CPU, STREAM_ID) - * described in PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE below, it will be stashed just after - * the perf_event_header and the fields already present for the existing - * fields, i.e. at the end of the payload. That way a newer perf.data - * file will be supported by older perf tools, with these new optional - * fields being ignored. + * (identity) an event took place (TID, TIME, ID, STREAM_ID, CPU, + * IDENTIFIER) described in PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE below, it will be stashed + * just after the perf_event_header and the fields already present for + * the existing fields, i.e. at the end of the payload. That way a newer + * perf.data file will be supported by older perf tools, with these new + * optional fields being ignored. * * struct sample_id { * { u32 pid, tid; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TID @@ -505,7 +506,12 @@ enum perf_event_type { * { u64 id; } && PERF_SAMPLE_ID * { u64 stream_id;} && PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID * { u32 cpu, res; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CPU + * { u64 id; } && PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER * } && perf_event_attr::sample_id_all + * + * Note that PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER duplicates PERF_SAMPLE_ID. The + * advantage of PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER is that its position is fixed + * relative to header.size. */ /* @@ -594,6 +600,13 @@ enum perf_event_type { * struct { * struct perf_event_header header; * + * # + * # Note that PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER duplicates PERF_SAMPLE_ID. + * # The advantage of PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER is that its position + * # is fixed relative to header. + * # + * + * { u64 id; } && PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER * { u64 ip; } && PERF_SAMPLE_IP * { u32 pid, tid; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TID * { u64 time; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TIME |