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From: tip-bot for Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@redhat.com, paulus@samba.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	efault@gmx.de, fweisbec@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	tim@klingt.org, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Rename perf_event_hw_event in design document
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:07:00 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-0b413e44d64aeac36a096505a40fc2ff470872fa@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B37646A.90108@klingt.org>

Commit-ID:  0b413e44d64aeac36a096505a40fc2ff470872fa
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0b413e44d64aeac36a096505a40fc2ff470872fa
Author:     Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
AuthorDate: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:43:06 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:14:37 +0100

perf: Rename perf_event_hw_event in design document

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>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4B37646A.90108@klingt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 tools/perf/design.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index f000c30..8d0de51 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
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ 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.

      reply	other threads:[~2009-12-28 10:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-27 13:43 [PATCH] perf: rename perf_event_hw_event in design document Tim Blechmann
2009-12-28 10:07 ` tip-bot for Tim Blechmann [this message]

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