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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evsel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 8c54df61fe64..4c2b31dc4e4d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -253,6 +253,34 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx) return evsel; } +struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void) +{ + struct perf_event_attr attr = { + .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, + .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES, + }; + struct perf_evsel *evsel; + + event_attr_init(&attr); + + perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(&attr); + + evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr); + if (evsel == NULL) + goto out; + + /* use asprintf() because free(evsel) assumes name is allocated */ + if (asprintf(&evsel->name, "cycles%.*s", + attr.precise_ip ? attr.precise_ip + 1 : 0, ":ppp") < 0) + goto error_free; +out: + return evsel; +error_free: + perf_evsel__delete(evsel); + evsel = NULL; + goto out; +} + /* * Returns pointer with encoded error via <linux/err.h> interface. */ |