From b326e9560a28fc3e950637ef51847ed8f05c1335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:44:31 +0100 Subject: hw-breakpoints: Use overflow handler instead of the event callback struct perf_event::event callback was called when a breakpoint triggers. But this is a rather opaque callback, pretty tied-only to the breakpoint API and not really integrated into perf as it triggers even when we don't overflow. We prefer to use overflow_handler() as it fits into the perf events rules, being called only when we overflow. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: "K. Prasad" --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 84bd28a0ffa..d2f2667430d 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -565,10 +565,13 @@ struct perf_pending_entry { void (*func)(struct perf_pending_entry *); }; -typedef void (*perf_callback_t)(struct perf_event *, void *); - struct perf_sample_data; +typedef void (*perf_callback_t)(struct perf_event *, void *); +typedef void (*perf_overflow_handler_t)(struct perf_event *, int, + struct perf_sample_data *, + struct pt_regs *regs); + /** * struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation: */ @@ -660,9 +663,7 @@ struct perf_event { struct pid_namespace *ns; u64 id; - void (*overflow_handler)(struct perf_event *event, - int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data, - struct pt_regs *regs); + perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler; #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE struct event_filter *filter; @@ -779,7 +780,7 @@ extern struct perf_event * perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu, pid_t pid, - perf_callback_t callback); + perf_overflow_handler_t callback); extern u64 perf_event_read_value(struct perf_event *event, u64 *enabled, u64 *running); -- cgit v1.2.3