perf_counter: Generic per counter interrupt throttle
Introduce a generic per counter interrupt throttle.
This uses the perf_counter_overflow() quick disable to throttle a specific
counter when its going too fast when a pmu->unthrottle() method is provided
which can undo the quick disable.
Power needs to implement both the quick disable and the unthrottle method.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090525153931.703093461@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index 0c160be..e3a7585 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@
PERF_EVENT_PERIOD = 4,
/*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u64 time;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE = 5,
+ PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE = 6,
+
+ /*
* When header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW the event_type field
* will be PERF_RECORD_*
*
@@ -367,6 +376,7 @@
int (*enable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
void (*disable) (struct perf_counter *counter);
void (*read) (struct perf_counter *counter);
+ void (*unthrottle) (struct perf_counter *counter);
};
/**
@@ -613,6 +623,7 @@
extern int sysctl_perf_counter_priv;
extern int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock;
+extern int sysctl_perf_counter_limit;
extern void perf_counter_init(void);