[RFC,2/2] arm_pmuv3: Add config bits for sample period strobing
Commit Message
To expose the ability to alternate between sample periods to tools.
The field `strobe_period` is defined for config2 to hold the alternate
sample period. A non-zero value will enable strobing.
Signed-off-by: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>
---
drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group armv8_pmuv3_events_attr_group = {
#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_threshold_CFG config1 /* PMEVTYPER.TH */
#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_threshold_LO 5
#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_threshold_HI 16
+#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_strobe_period_CFG config2
+#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_strobe_period_LO 0
+#define ATTR_CFG_FLD_strobe_period_HI 31
GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event);
GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(long);
@@ -325,6 +328,7 @@ GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(rdpmc);
GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(threshold_count);
GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(threshold_compare);
GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(threshold);
+GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(strobe_period);
static int sysctl_perf_user_access __read_mostly;
@@ -352,6 +356,16 @@ static u8 armv8pmu_event_threshold_control(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
return (th_compare << 1) | th_count;
}
+static inline u32 armv8pmu_event_strobe_period(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(&event->attr, strobe_period);
+}
+
+static inline bool armv8pmu_event_want_strobe(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return armv8pmu_event_strobe_period(event) != 0;
+}
+
static struct attribute *armv8_pmuv3_format_attrs[] = {
&format_attr_event.attr,
&format_attr_long.attr,
@@ -359,6 +373,7 @@ static struct attribute *armv8_pmuv3_format_attrs[] = {
&format_attr_threshold.attr,
&format_attr_threshold_compare.attr,
&format_attr_threshold_count.attr,
+ &format_attr_strobe_period.attr,
NULL,
};
@@ -1125,6 +1140,16 @@ static int __armv8_pmuv3_map_event(struct perf_event *event,
if (armv8pmu_event_is_64bit(event))
event->hw.flags |= ARMPMU_EVT_64BIT;
+ /*
+ * Support alternating between two sample periods
+ */
+ if (armv8pmu_event_want_strobe(event)) {
+ u32 strobe_period = armv8pmu_event_strobe_period(event);
+ armpmu_set_strobe_period(&(event->hw), strobe_period);
+ } else {
+ armpmu_set_strobe_period(&(event->hw), 0);
+ }
+
/*
* User events must be allocated into a single counter, and so
* must not be chained.