perf/ring_buffer: Document AUX API usage
In order to ensure safe AUX buffer management, we rely on the assumption that pmu::stop() stops its ongoing AUX transaction and not just the hw. This patch documents this requirement for the perf_aux_output_{begin,end}() APIs. 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: 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: vince@deater.net Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457098969-21595-4-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
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* The ordering is similar to that of perf_output_{begin,end}, with
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* the exception of (B), which should be taken care of by the pmu
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* driver, since ordering rules will differ depending on hardware.
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*
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* Call this from pmu::start(); see the comment in perf_aux_output_end()
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* about its use in pmu callbacks. Both can also be called from the PMI
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* handler if needed.
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*/
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void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
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struct perf_event *event)
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return handle->rb->aux_priv;
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err_put:
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/* can't be last */
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rb_free_aux(rb);
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err:
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* aux_head and posting a PERF_RECORD_AUX into the perf buffer. It is the
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* pmu driver's responsibility to observe ordering rules of the hardware,
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* so that all the data is externally visible before this is called.
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*
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* Note: this has to be called from pmu::stop() callback, as the assumption
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* of the AUX buffer management code is that after pmu::stop(), the AUX
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* transaction must be stopped and therefore drop the AUX reference count.
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*/
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void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size,
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bool truncated)
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handle->event = NULL;
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local_set(&rb->aux_nest, 0);
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/* can't be last */
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rb_free_aux(rb);
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ring_buffer_put(rb);
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}
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