performance counters: x86 support
Implement performance counters for x86 Intel CPUs.
It's simplified right now: the PERFMON CPU feature is assumed,
which is available in Core2 and later Intel CPUs.
The design is flexible to be extended to more CPU types as well.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
index 8670b3c..91d785c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_64.c
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
/* IPI vectors for APIC spurious and error interrupts */
alloc_intr_gate(SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR, spurious_interrupt);
alloc_intr_gate(ERROR_APIC_VECTOR, error_interrupt);
+
+ /* Performance monitoring interrupt: */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+ alloc_intr_gate(LOCAL_PERF_VECTOR, perf_counter_interrupt);
+#endif
}
void __init native_init_IRQ(void)