From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755698Ab3HaSo3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:44:29 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:30755 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753390Ab3HaSo2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:44:28 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.89,998,1367996400"; d="scan'208";a="289335843" From: Adrian Hunter To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Ahern , Frederic Weisbecker , Jiri Olsa , Mike Galbraith , Namhyung Kim , Paul Mackerras , Stephane Eranian Subject: [PATCH V2 0/3] perf: add a dummy software event to keep tracking Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:50:50 +0300 Message-Id: <1377975053-3811-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.11.7 Organization: Intel Finland Oy, Registered Address: PL 281, 00181 Helsinki, Business Identity Code: 0357606 - 4, Domiciled in Helsinki Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi This is (version 2 of) an alternative to the 'keep tracking' flag patch which is here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137242545521246&w=2 perf tools is updated and a test added to demonstrate the new event. Changes in V2: perf: add a dummy software event to keep tracking Add Peter's Ack perf tools: add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY Fix missing "dummy" in perf_evsel__sw_names perf tools: add 'keep tracking' test Let the test pass and print "not supported" if there is no "dummy" event Adrian Hunter (3): perf: add a dummy software event to keep tracking perf tools: add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY perf tools: add 'keep tracking' test include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 + tools/perf/Makefile | 1 + tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 4 ++ tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 + tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 42 ++++++++++- tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 5 ++ tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 4 ++ tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 + tools/perf/util/python.c | 1 + 10 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c Regards Adrian