From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] perf_counter: add some comments
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:01:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090408130409.036984214@chello.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090408130124.715559390@chello.nl
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Add a few comments because I was forgetting what field what for what
functionality.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
---
include/linux/perf_counter.h | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_counter.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -347,10 +347,12 @@ struct file;
struct perf_mmap_data {
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
- int nr_pages;
- atomic_t wakeup;
- atomic_t head;
- atomic_t events;
+ int nr_pages; /* nr of data pages */
+
+ atomic_t wakeup; /* POLL_ for wakeups */
+ atomic_t head; /* write position */
+ atomic_t events; /* event limit */
+
struct perf_counter_mmap_page *user_page;
void *data_pages[0];
};
--
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-08 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-08 13:01 [PATCH 0/9] yet another batch of perf_counter patches Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf_counter: fix NMI race in task clock Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:57 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 2/9] perf_counter: provide misc bits in the event header Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:57 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 3/9] perf_counter: use misc field to widen type Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:57 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 4/9] perf_counter: kerneltop: keep up with ABI changes Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:58 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2009-04-08 16:58 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: add some comments Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 6/9] perf_counter: track task-comm data Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:58 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 17:03 ` [PATCH 6.5/9] perf_counter: fix " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 17:09 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf_counter: some simple userspace profiling Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:58 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 17:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 8/9] perf_counter: move PERF_RECORD_TIME Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:58 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 17:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 13:01 ` [PATCH 9/9] perf_counter: allow for data addresses to be recorded Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 16:59 ` [tip:perfcounters/core] " Peter Zijlstra
2009-04-08 17:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
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