[RFC][PATCH v2 11/11] perf top: demo of how to use the sysfs interface

[Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>]

Just a temporary patch to show how to use the pmu sysfs interface...

Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index adc179d..eaa9405 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
 	struct perf_event_attr *attr;
 	int cpu;
 	int thread_index;
+	int sys_fd;
 
 	cpu = profile_cpu;
 	if (target_tid == -1 && profile_cpu == -1)
@@ -1226,9 +1227,21 @@ static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
 
 	for (thread_index = 0; thread_index < thread_num; thread_index++) {
 try_again:
+		/*
+		 * This is just an ugly demo of how to use the sysfs interface.
+		 * You can also parse the <event-name> and open sys file as,
+		 * sys_fd = open("/sys/devices/system/cpu/events/<event-name>/event_source/id", O_RDONLY);
+		 */
+		sys_fd = open("/sys/devices/system/cpu/event_source/id", O_RDONLY);
+		if (sys_fd != -1)
+			attr->type |= (sys_fd << PERF_EVENT_ATTR_TYPE_BITS) | PERF_EVENT_FD;
+
 		fd[i][counter][thread_index] = sys_perf_event_open(attr,
 				all_tids[thread_index], cpu, group_fd, 0);
 
+		if (sys_fd != -1)
+			close(sys_fd);
+
 		if (fd[i][counter][thread_index] < 0) {
 			int err = errno;