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perf/core: Allow kernel filters on CPU events
authorAlexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:40:57 +0000 (11:40 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:08:09 +0000 (09:08 +0100)
commita3d0725248fd9fae6354eda8899696e538cd40a1
tree74f328eab379a5c713bbf5c6056313473814216f
parent0d62d86617eb4ff1eea02412169fac9ca18167a3
perf/core: Allow kernel filters on CPU events

While supporting file-based address filters for CPU events requires some
extra context switch handling, kernel address filters are easy, since the
kernel mapping is preserved across address spaces. It is also useful as
it permits tracing scheduling paths of the kernel.

This patch allows setting up kernel filters for CPU events.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: vince@deater.net
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170126094057.13805-4-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
include/linux/perf_event.h
kernel/events/core.c