linux/kernel
Mark Rutland 66eb579e66 perf: allow for PMU-specific event filtering
In certain circumstances it may not be possible to schedule particular
events due to constraints other than a lack of hardware counters (e.g.
on big.LITTLE systems where CPUs support different events). The core
perf event code does not distinguish these cases and pessimistically
assumes that any failure to schedule an event means that it is not worth
attempting to schedule later events, even if some hardware counters are
still unused.

When an event a pmu cannot schedule exists in a flexible group list it
can unnecessarily prevent event groups following it in the list from
being scheduled (until it is rotated to the end of the list). This means
some events are scheduled for only a portion of the time they could be,
and for short running programs no events may be scheduled if the list is
initially sorted in an unfortunate order.

This patch adds a new (optional) filter_match function pointer to struct
pmu which a pmu driver can use to tell perf core when an event matches
pmu-specific scheduling requirements. This plugs into the existing
event_filter_match logic, and makes it possible to avoid the scheduling
problem described above. When no filter is provided by the PMU, the
existing behaviour is retained.

Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
2015-05-27 16:09:58 +01:00
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bpf bpf: fix two bugs in verification logic when accessing 'ctx' pointer 2015-04-16 14:08:49 -04:00
configs x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel 2014-08-08 16:30:24 -07:00
debug debug: prevent entering debug mode on panic/exception. 2015-02-19 12:39:03 -06:00
events perf: allow for PMU-specific event filtering 2015-05-27 16:09:58 +01:00
gcov gcov: fix softlockups 2015-04-17 09:04:08 -04:00
irq irqchip core change for v4.1 (round 3) 2015-04-11 11:17:28 +02:00
livepatch Merge branch 'for-4.1/core-noarch' into for-linus 2015-04-13 23:57:20 +02:00
locking lockdep: Make print_lock() robust against concurrent release 2015-04-17 09:42:14 +02:00
power Merge back earlier suspend/hibernate material for v4.1. 2015-04-10 12:01:59 +02:00
printk TTY/Serial patches for 4.1-rc1 2015-04-21 09:33:10 -07:00
rcu Merge branches 'doc.2015.02.26a', 'earlycb.2015.03.03a', 'fixes.2015.03.03a', 'gpexp.2015.02.26a', 'hotplug.2015.03.20a', 'sysidle.2015.02.26b' and 'tiny.2015.02.26a' into HEAD 2015-03-20 08:31:01 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-04-14 13:58:48 -07:00
time Char/Misc driver patches for 4.1-rc1 2015-04-21 09:42:58 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: check FMODE_CAN_WRITE 2015-04-11 22:27:55 -04:00
async.c kernel/async.c: switch to pr_foo() 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
audit_watch.c VFS: audit: d_backing_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:55 -04:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
audit.h Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-04-22 14:49:23 -07:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-02-11 20:07:47 -08:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c cgroup: remove use of seq_printf return value 2015-04-15 16:35:25 -07:00
compat.c all arches, signal: move restart_block to struct task_struct 2015-02-12 18:54:12 -08:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Export context_tracking_user_enter/exit 2015-03-09 15:43:00 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-04-14 13:36:04 -07:00
cpuset.c kernel, cpuset: remove exception for __GFP_THISNODE 2015-04-14 16:49:03 -07:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Make is_kdump_kernel() accessible from modules 2014-08-25 15:42:19 -07:00
cred.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c Remove rest of exec domains. 2015-04-12 21:03:31 +02:00
exit.c Remove execution domain support 2015-04-12 20:58:24 +02:00
extable.c ftrace/x86/extable: Add is_ftrace_trampoline() function 2014-11-19 15:25:26 -05:00
fork.c oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file 2015-04-17 09:04:11 -04:00
freezer.c freezer: remove obsolete comments in __thaw_task() 2014-10-21 23:44:20 +02:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c Linux 34.0-rc1 2015-02-24 08:41:07 +01:00
groups.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: change hung_task.c to use for_each_process_thread() 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
irq_work.c percpu: Convert remaining __get_cpu_var uses in 3.18-rcX 2014-10-29 11:18:18 -04:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: use __seq_open_private() 2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
kcmp.c kcmp: fix standard comparison bug 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/mcs: Better differentiate between MCS variants 2015-01-14 15:07:32 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: simplify conditional 2015-02-17 14:34:51 -08:00
kmod.c usermodehelper: kill the kmod_thread_locker logic 2014-12-10 17:41:17 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: makes kprobes/enabled works correctly for optimized kprobes. 2015-02-13 21:21:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: partial revert of 81c98869fa ("kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations") 2014-10-09 22:25:51 -04:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Quentin opened a can of worms by adding extable entry checking to modpost, 2015-04-22 09:49:24 -07:00
notifier.c rcu: Make SRCU optional by using CONFIG_SRCU 2015-01-06 11:04:29 -08:00
nsproxy.c bury struct proc_ns in fs/proc 2014-12-04 14:34:54 -05:00
padata.c padata: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
panic.c livepatch: kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH 2014-12-22 15:40:48 +01:00
params.c params: handle quotes properly for values not of form foo="bar". 2015-04-15 13:31:23 +09:30
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-16 15:53:03 -08:00
pid.c fork: report pid reservation failure properly 2015-04-17 09:04:06 -04:00
profile.c profile: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
ptrace.c ptrace: ptrace_detach() can no longer race with SIGKILL 2015-04-17 09:04:06 -04:00
range.c kernel: avoid overflow in cmp_range 2015-01-17 10:02:23 +13:00
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: add orderly_reboot for graceful reboot 2015-04-15 16:35:23 -07:00
relay.c VFS: kernel/: d_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:55 -04:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: remove deprecated __check_region() and friends 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: cap SECCOMP_RET_ERRNO data to MAX_ERRNO 2015-02-17 14:34:55 -08:00
signal.c signal: remove warning about using SI_TKILL in rt_[tg]sigqueueinfo 2015-04-17 09:04:06 -04:00
smp.c smp: Fix error case handling in smp_call_function_*() 2015-04-19 13:19:23 -07:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Add common code for notification from dying CPU 2015-03-11 13:20:25 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 15:24:03 -08:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: introduce snprint_stack_trace for buffer output 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
sys.c prctl: avoid using mmap_sem for exe_file serialization 2015-04-17 09:04:07 -04:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel: add panic_on_warn 2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl.c: detect overflows when converting to int 2015-04-17 09:04:08 -04:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
test_kprobes.c kernel/test_kprobes.c: use current logging functions 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
torture.c torture: Address race in module cleanup 2014-09-16 13:41:06 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c groups: Consolidate the setgroups permission checks 2014-12-05 17:19:27 -06:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2014-12-17 12:31:40 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
user.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2014-12-17 12:31:40 -08:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c copy address of proc_ns_ops into ns_common 2014-12-04 14:34:47 -05:00
watchdog.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-04-14 16:49:17 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Reorder sysfs code 2015-04-06 11:16:04 -04:00