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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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             reply	other threads:[~2009-12-27 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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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