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perf/x86: Export some PMU attributes in caps/ directory
authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 18:52:01 +0000 (11:52 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:04:20 +0000 (11:04 +0200)
commitb75d8c9cf04a33362191008619946ad983d0b2d0
tree7422f4c5242cdecb440392915b36371fe42028c3
parent8caf8c91bcb2c2b9c28596034a36f4db3f6412f8
perf/x86: Export some PMU attributes in caps/ directory

It can be difficult to figure out for user programs what features
the x86 CPU PMU driver actually supports. Currently it requires
grepping in dmesg, but dmesg is not always available.

This adds a caps directory to /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/,
similar to the caps already used on intel_pt, which can be used to
discover the available capabilities cleanly.

Three capabilities are defined:

 - pmu_name: Underlying CPU name known to the driver
 - max_precise: Max precise level supported
 - branches: Known depth of LBR.

Example:

  % grep . /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/*
  /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/branches:32
  /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/max_precise:3
  /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/pmu_name:skylake

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170822185201.9261-3-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/events/core.c
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h