Hi Peter, On 9/17/2018 4:07 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 09:37:14AM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote: >> On 9/17/2018 1:23 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >>> I said arch/x86/include/asm/perf_events.h and call it: >>> x86_perf_rdpmc_index(). >>> >>> This function is very much x86 specific. > >> Moving it to arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h is not trivial since this >> file is not familiar with struct perf_event. > > Urgh, right you are. Does it work if you make it a regular function > instead of an inline? Put the thing in arch/x86/events/core.c or so and > only an extern decl in asm/perf_event.h.
It works, but checkpatch.pl does not like it very much: > CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files > #66: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h:273: > +extern int x86_perf_rdpmc_index(struct perf_event *event); Doing this also prevents the availability of a x86_perf_rdpmc_index() for when !CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS. I do not know if this is of big concern since CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS is automatically selected by CONFIG_X86 ... but at the same time there are other function definitions in arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h for when !CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS. Considering the above, would you like me to continue with the move to arch/x86/events/core.c? Here is what I understood your suggestion to mean: diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c index dfb2f7c0d019..3550d800b030 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c @@ -1033,6 +1033,27 @@ static inline void x86_assign_hw_event(struct perf_event *event, } } +/** + * x86_perf_rdpmc_index - Return PMC counter used for event + * @event: the perf_event to which the PMC counter was assigned + * + * The counter assigned to this performance event may change if interrupts + * are enabled. This counter should thus never be used while interrupts are + * enabled. Before this function is used to obtain the assigned counter the + * event should be checked for validity using, for example, + * perf_event_read_local(), within the same interrupt disabled section in + * which this counter is planned to be used. + * + * Return: The index of the performance monitoring counter assigned to + * @perf_event. + */ +int x86_perf_rdpmc_index(struct perf_event *event) +{ + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); + + return event->hw.event_base_rdpmc; +} + static inline int match_prev_assignment(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int i) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h index 12f54082f4c8..b2cf84c35a6d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct perf_guest_switch_msr { extern struct perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr); extern void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap); extern void perf_check_microcode(void); +extern int x86_perf_rdpmc_index(struct perf_event *event); #else static inline struct perf_guest_switch_msr *perf_guest_get_msrs(int *nr) { Thank you Reinette