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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index b9950b1620d8..2814ead4adb8 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ struct perf_event_attr { */ precise_ip : 2, /* skid constraint */ mmap_data : 1, /* non-exec mmap data */ + sample_id_all : 1, /* sample_type all events */ - __reserved_1 : 46; + __reserved_1 : 45; union { __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */ @@ -327,6 +328,15 @@ struct perf_event_header { enum perf_event_type { /* + * If perf_event_attr.sample_id_all is set then all event types will + * have the sample_type selected fields related to where/when + * (identity) an event took place (TID, TIME, ID, CPU, STREAM_ID) + * described in PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE below, it will be stashed just after + * the perf_event_header and the fields already present for the existing + * fields, i.e. at the end of the payload. That way a newer perf.data + * file will be supported by older perf tools, with these new optional + * fields being ignored. + * * The MMAP events record the PROT_EXEC mappings so that we can * correlate userspace IPs to code. They have the following structure: * |