perf_counter: Add unique counter id
Stephan raised the issue that we currently cannot distinguish between
similar counters within a group (PERF_RECORD_GROUP uses the config
value as identifier).
Therefore, generate a new ID for each counter using a global u64
sequence counter.
Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index 9ec20fc..4845a21 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@
* in increasing order of bit value, after the counter value.
*/
enum perf_counter_read_format {
- PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED = 1,
- PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING = 2,
+ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED = 1U << 0,
+ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING = 1U << 1,
+ PERF_FORMAT_ID = 1U << 2,
};
/*
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@
* { u32 cpu, res; } && PERF_RECORD_CPU
*
* { u64 nr;
- * { u64 event, val; } cnt[nr]; } && PERF_RECORD_GROUP
+ * { u64 id, val; } cnt[nr]; } && PERF_RECORD_GROUP
*
* { u16 nr,
* hv,
@@ -503,6 +504,7 @@
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
struct pid_namespace *ns;
+ u64 id;
#endif
};