perf: Dynamic pmu types
Extend the perf_pmu_register() interface to allow for named and
dynamic pmu types.
Because we need to support the existing static types we cannot use
dynamic types for everything, hence provide a type argument.
If we want to enumerate the PMUs they need a name, provide one.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20101117222056.259707703@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 30e50e2..21206d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@
struct pmu {
struct list_head entry;
+ char *name;
+ int type;
+
int * __percpu pmu_disable_count;
struct perf_cpu_context * __percpu pmu_cpu_context;
int task_ctx_nr;
@@ -916,7 +919,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu);
+extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type);
extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu);
extern int perf_num_counters(void);