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| author |   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> | 2015-08-10 16:34:33 -0400 |
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| committer |   David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> | 2015-08-20 12:24:26 +0100 |
| commit | 5f141548824cebbff2e838ff401c34e667797467 (patch) | |
| tree | 873166173fde6592bb01dbd90436ced58d8b7c06 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | xen: xensyms support (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-5f141548824cebbff2e838ff401c34e667797467.tar.xz linux-dev-5f141548824cebbff2e838ff401c34e667797467.zip | |
xen/PMU: Sysfs interface for setting Xen PMU mode
Set Xen's PMU mode via /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode. Add XENPMU hypercall.
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..224faa105e18 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes mode that Xen's performance-monitoring unit (PMU) + uses. Accepted values are + "off" -- PMU is disabled + "self" -- The guest can profile itself + "hv" -- The guest can profile itself and, if it is + privileged (e.g. dom0), the hypervisor + "all" -- The guest can profile itself, the hypervisor + and all other guests. Only available to + privileged guests. + +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_features +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes Xen PMU features (as an integer). A set bit indicates + that the corresponding feature is enabled. See + include/xen/interface/xenpmu.h for available features |