perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data
authorAlexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 6 Aug 2019 08:46:00 +0000 (11:46 +0300)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:29:38 +0000 (11:29 +0200)
commitab43762ef010967e4ccd53627f70a2eecbeafefb
tree2e04b6310c579f14555a97a779ff39d8087215ec
parent794b8bedca9341569e1081bc880e7ea209dbca5c
perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data

In some cases, ordinary (non-AUX) events can generate data for AUX events.
For example, PEBS events can come out as records in the Intel PT stream
instead of their usual DS records, if configured to do so.

One requirement for such events is to consistently schedule together, to
ensure that the data from the "AUX output" events isn't lost while their
corresponding AUX event is not scheduled. We use grouping to provide this
guarantee: an "AUX output" event can be added to a group where an AUX event
is a group leader, and provided that the former supports writing to the
latter.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190806084606.4021-2-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
include/linux/perf_event.h
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
kernel/events/core.c