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SubjectRe: [Intel-gfx] [RFC PATCH 03/11] perf: Add PERF_EVENT_IOC_FLUSH ioctl
On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 03:15:46PM +0100, Robert Bragg wrote:
> To allow for pmus that may have internal buffering (e.g. the hardware
> itself writes out data to its own circular buffer which is only
> periodically forwarded to userspace via perf) this ioctl enables
> userspace to explicitly ensure it has received all samples before a
> point in time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Bragg <robert@sixbynine.org>
> ---
> include/linux/perf_event.h | 7 +++++++
> include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
> kernel/events/core.c | 5 +++++
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index 1af35b4..69a0cb9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ struct pmu {
> * flush branch stack on context-switches (needed in cpu-wide mode)
> */
> void (*flush_branch_stack) (void);
> +
> + /*
> + * Flush buffered samples (E.g. for pmu hardware that writes samples to
> + * some intermediate buffer) userspace may need to explicitly ensure
> + * such samples have been forwarded to perf.
> + */
> + void (*flush) (struct perf_event *event); /*optional */

void return?
-Chris

--
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre


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