From 085b30625e39df67d7320f22269796276c6b0c11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:05:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Add PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION to report colliding samples The ARM SPE architecture permits an implementation to ignore a sample if the sample is due to be taken whilst another sample is already being produced. In this case, it is desirable to report the collision to userspace, as they may want to lower the sample period. This patch adds a PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION flag, so that such events can be relayed to userspace. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h index 140ae63..7ca1b22 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h @@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ enum perf_callchain_context { #define PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED 0x01 /* record was truncated to fit */ #define PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE 0x02 /* snapshot from overwrite mode */ #define PERF_AUX_FLAG_PARTIAL 0x04 /* record contains gaps */ +#define PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION 0x08 /* sample collided with another */ #define PERF_FLAG_FD_NO_GROUP (1UL << 0) #define PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT (1UL << 1) -- 2.7.4