linux/drivers
Thomas Gleixner 0793a61d4d performance counters: core code
Implement the core kernel bits of Performance Counters subsystem.

The Linux Performance Counter subsystem provides an abstraction of
performance counter hardware capabilities. It provides per task and per
CPU counters, and it provides event capabilities on top of those.

Performance counters are accessed via special file descriptors.
There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used.

The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_counter_open()
system call:

 int
 perf_counter_open(u32 hw_event_type,
                   u32 hw_event_period,
                   u32 record_type,
                   pid_t pid,
                   int cpu);

The syscall returns the new fd. The fd can be used via the normal
VFS system calls: read() can be used to read the counter, fcntl()
can be used to set the blocking mode, etc.

Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters
can be poll()ed.

See more details in Documentation/perf-counters.txt.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-08 15:47:03 +01:00
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accessibility
acpi Revert "ACPI: battery: Convert discharge energy rate to current properly" 2008-12-05 13:30:03 -08:00
amba
ata libata: blacklist Seagate drives which time out FLUSH_CACHE when used with NCQ 2008-12-01 13:49:27 -05:00
atm ATM: horizon, fix hrz_probe fail path 2008-11-29 20:42:28 -08:00
auxdisplay
base sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong,int} 2008-10-29 15:03:49 -07:00
block [PATCH] fix bogus argument of blkdev_put() in pktcdvd 2008-12-04 04:22:59 -05:00
bluetooth bpa10x: free sk_buff with kfree_skb 2008-10-31 00:40:19 -07:00
cdrom gdrom: Fix compile error 2008-10-28 17:46:02 +09:00
char performance counters: core code 2008-12-08 15:47:03 +01:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle regression: disable timer peek-ahead for 2.6.28 2008-11-09 16:28:42 -08:00
crypto fix talitos 2008-11-30 10:03:36 -08:00
dca [4/4] dca: fixup initialization dependency 2008-11-10 15:01:03 -08:00
dio
dma dmaengine: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() 2008-11-11 13:12:33 -07:00
edac i82875p_edac: fix module remove 2008-12-01 19:55:25 -08:00
eisa
firewire firewire: fw-sbp2: another iPod mini quirk entry 2008-11-25 21:38:31 +01:00
firmware trivial: dmi_scan typo 2008-11-07 08:25:43 -08:00
gpio gpiolib: extend gpio label column width in debugfs file 2008-11-19 18:49:57 -08:00
gpu drm/i915: Return error in i915_gem_set_to_gtt_domain if we're not in the GTT. 2008-12-04 11:24:47 +10:00
hid HID: Apple ALU wireless keyboards are bluetooth devices 2008-11-28 15:09:26 +01:00
hwmon hwmon: applesmc: make applesmc load automatically on startup 2008-12-01 19:55:24 -08:00
i2c i2c-parport: Fix misplaced parport_release call 2008-11-28 15:24:39 +01:00
ide alim15x3: fix sparse warning 2008-12-02 20:40:04 +01:00
idle i7300_idle: Kconfig, show menu only on x86_64 2008-10-28 00:14:47 -04:00
ieee1394 ieee1394: sbp2: fix race condition in state change 2008-11-29 17:07:56 +01:00
infiniband Merge branches 'ehca' and 'mlx4' into for-linus 2008-12-01 10:11:50 -08:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2008-11-30 11:05:21 -08:00
isdn tricky one: hisax sections 2008-11-30 10:03:37 -08:00
leds remove unused #include <version.h>'s 2008-11-01 09:50:12 -07:00
lguest
macintosh rackmeter section fixes 2008-11-30 10:03:37 -08:00
mca
md block: fix setting of max_segment_size and seg_boundary mask 2008-12-03 12:55:55 +01:00
media em28xx: remove backward compat macro added on a previous fix 2008-12-01 18:04:14 -02:00
memstick [PATCH] switch memstick 2008-10-21 07:48:33 -04:00
message drivers/message/i2o/iop.c: cleanup kerneldoc 2008-12-05 13:40:52 -08:00
mfd mfd: Correct WM8350 I2C return code usage 2008-11-16 19:58:47 +01:00
misc sgi-gru: call fs_initcall() if statically linked 2008-12-02 15:51:35 -08:00
mmc mmc: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() 2008-11-08 21:37:46 +01:00
mtd Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/~dedekind/ubi-2.6 2008-11-30 11:34:17 -08:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-02 15:55:05 -08:00
nubus
of OF-device: Don't overwrite numa_node in device registration 2008-10-31 16:12:01 +11:00
oprofile oprofile: fix memory ordering 2008-10-27 19:15:41 +01:00
parisc [PATCH] introduce fmode_t, do annotations 2008-10-21 07:47:06 -04:00
parport parport_serial: fix array overflow 2008-12-01 19:55:24 -08:00
pci Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-02 15:55:05 -08:00
pcmcia pcmcia: ensure correct logging in do_io_probe 2008-11-09 21:47:47 +01:00
pnp drivers: remove duplicated #include 2008-11-04 08:18:19 -08:00
power Merge git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6 2008-10-20 09:44:30 -07:00
ps3 powerpc/ps3: Fix compile error in ps3-lpm.c 2008-11-05 19:59:08 +11:00
rapidio rapidio section noise 2008-11-30 10:03:37 -08:00
regulator regulator: Use menuconfig in Kconfig 2008-11-09 14:49:23 +00:00
rtc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2008-12-02 15:55:43 -08:00
s390 [SCSI] zfcp: prevent double decrement on host_busy while being busy 2008-12-01 10:18:20 -06:00
sbus Revert "of_platform_driver noise on sparce" 2008-12-01 07:55:14 -08:00
scsi [PATCH 1/2] kill FMODE_NDELAY_NOW 2008-12-04 04:22:57 -05:00
serial Fix incorrect use of loose in tty/serial drivers 2008-12-05 13:40:52 -08:00
sh
sn
spi spi: fix spi_s3c24xx_gpio num_chipselect 2008-12-01 19:55:24 -08:00
ssb SSB: hide empty sub menu 2008-11-10 13:50:17 -08:00
staging Don't ask twice about not including staging drivers 2008-11-09 12:47:04 -08:00
tc
telephony telephony: trivial: fix up email address 2008-11-11 09:30:23 -08:00
thermal
uio saner FASYNC handling on file close 2008-11-01 09:49:46 -07:00
usb Fix incorrect use of loose in tty/serial drivers 2008-12-05 13:40:52 -08:00
uwb
video macfb: Do not overflow fb_fix_screeninfo.id 2008-12-02 20:27:15 +01:00
virtio
w1 W1_MASTER_DS1WM should depend on HAVE_CLK 2008-11-30 10:03:36 -08:00
watchdog iTCO_wdt: fix typo when setting TCO_EN bit 2008-12-03 16:20:19 -08:00
xen xen: fix scrub_page() 2008-11-17 19:11:26 +01:00
zorro
Kconfig regulator: Build on non-ARM platforms 2008-10-28 21:47:17 +00:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dvrabel/uwb 2008-10-26 16:35:46 -07:00