tree 95b25a87dac85f8633f0b31575f96c528815ddfb
parent 7e788d967c092343cca773542565c362991c87c0
author Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com> 1286883444 +0800
committer Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> 1288375729 +0100

MIPS: Add support for hardware performance events (mipsxx)

This patch adds the mipsxx Perf-events support based on the skeleton.
Generic hardware events and cache events are now fully implemented for
the 24K/34K/74K/1004K cores. To support other cores in mipsxx (such as
R10000/SB1), the generic hardware event tables and cache event tables
need to be filled out. To support other CPUs which have different PMU
than mipsxx, such as RM9000 and LOONGSON2, the additional files
perf_event_$cpu.c need to be created.

Raw event is an important part of Perf-events. It helps the user collect
performance data for events that are not listed as the generic hardware
events and cache events but ARE supported by the CPU's PMU.

This patch also adds this feature for mipsxx 24K/34K/74K/1004K. For how to
use it, please refer to processor core software user's manual and the
comments for mipsxx_pmu_map_raw_event() for more details.

Please note that this is a "precise" implementation, which means the
kernel will check whether the requested raw events are supported by this
CPU and which hardware counters can be assigned for them.

To test the functionality of Perf-event, you may want to compile the tool
"perf" for your MIPS platform. You can refer to the following URL:
http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2010-10/msg00126.html

You also need to customize the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS in tools/perf/Makefile
for your libs, includes, etc.

In case you encounter the boot failure in SMVP kernel on multi-threading
CPUs, you may take a look at:
http://www.linux-mips.org/git?p=linux-mti.git;a=commitdiff;h=5460815027d802697b879644c74f0e8365254020

Signed-off-by: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Cc: mingo@elte.hu
Cc: acme@redhat.com
Cc: jamie.iles@picochip.com
Cc: ddaney@caviumnetworks.com
Cc: matt@console-pimps.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1689/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

 create mode 100644 arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c