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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index fe156a8170aa..0cbc5dfe1110 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct perf_guest_info_callbacks { #include <linux/cgroup.h> #include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/security.h> +#include <linux/static_call.h> #include <asm/local.h> struct perf_callchain_entry { @@ -1612,4 +1613,26 @@ extern void __weak arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event, extern __weak u64 arch_perf_get_page_size(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr); #endif +/* + * Snapshot branch stack on software events. + * + * Branch stack can be very useful in understanding software events. For + * example, when a long function, e.g. sys_perf_event_open, returns an + * errno, it is not obvious why the function failed. Branch stack could + * provide very helpful information in this type of scenarios. + * + * On software event, it is necessary to stop the hardware branch recorder + * fast. Otherwise, the hardware register/buffer will be flushed with + * entries of the triggering event. Therefore, static call is used to + * stop the hardware recorder. + */ + +/* + * cnt is the number of entries allocated for entries. + * Return number of entries copied to . + */ +typedef int (perf_snapshot_branch_stack_t)(struct perf_branch_entry *entries, + unsigned int cnt); +DECLARE_STATIC_CALL(perf_snapshot_branch_stack, perf_snapshot_branch_stack_t); + #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */ |