From: Stephane Eranian Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:28:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: perf events: Add PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES generic PMU event X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c37e17497e01fc0f5d2d6feb5723b210b3ab8890;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git perf events: Add PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES generic PMU event This event counts the number of reference core cpu cycles. Reference means that the event increments at a constant rate which is not subject to core CPU frequency adjustments. The event may not count when the processor is in halted (low power) state. As such, it may not be equivalent to wall clock time. However, when the processor is not halted state, the event keeps a constant correlation with wall clock time. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323559734-3488-3-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 564769cdb473..08855613ceb3 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum perf_hw_id { PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES = 6, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND = 7, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND = 8, + PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES = 9, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, /* non-ABI */ };