From: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf: rename perf_event_hw_event in design document
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:43:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B37646A.90108@klingt.org> (raw)
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perf_event_hw_event has been renamed to perf_event_attr. the design
document was still using the old name, though.
Signed-off-by: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
---
tools/perf/design.txt | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index fdd42a8..a58cc9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/design.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/design.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used.
The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open()
system call:
- int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_hw_event *hw_event_uptr,
+ int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr,
pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
unsigned long flags);
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ can be used to set the blocking mode, etc.
Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters
can be poll()ed.
-When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_hw_event' is:
+When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_attr' is:
-struct perf_event_hw_event {
+struct perf_event_attr {
/*
* The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu
* specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Notification of new events is possible through poll()/select()/epoll() and
fcntl() managing signals.
Normally a notification is generated for every page filled, however one can
-additionally set perf_event_hw_event.wakeup_events to generate one every
+additionally set perf_event_attr.wakeup_events to generate one every
so many counter overflow events.
Future work will include a splice() interface to the ring-buffer.
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2009-12-27 13:43 Tim Blechmann [this message]
2009-12-28 10:07 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Rename perf_event_hw_event in design document tip-bot for Tim Blechmann
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