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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)
commitde2ab15b35eaf02f9c42c096774be8b8008d4134
tree7422f4c5242cdecb440392915b36371fe42028c3
parent28484d875845e7864fea9d9c2b4d5874b4f87e0d
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