This patch adds a new fields to the struct perf_event. It is intended to be used to chain events which are active (enabled). It helps in the hardware layer for PMU which do not have actual counter restrictions, i.e., free running read-only counters. Active events are chained as opposed to being tracked via the counter they use.
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eran...@google.com> --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 + kernel/events/core.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 2e069d1..a376384 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ struct perf_event { struct perf_cgroup *cgrp; /* cgroup event is attach to */ int cgrp_defer_enabled; #endif + struct list_head active_entry; #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */ }; diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 5bd7fe4..6ef9d19 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -6629,6 +6629,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->event_entry); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->sibling_list); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->rb_entry); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->active_entry); init_waitqueue_head(&event->waitq); init_irq_work(&event->pending, perf_pending_event); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/