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+/*
+ * Performance events:
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2011, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2011, Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra
+ *
+ * Data type definitions, declarations, prototypes.
+ *
+ * Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
+ *
+ * For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+
+/*
+ * User-space ABI bits:
+ */
+
+/*
+ * attr.type
+ */
+enum perf_type_id {
+ PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE = 0,
+ PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE = 1,
+ PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT = 2,
+ PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE = 3,
+ PERF_TYPE_RAW = 4,
+ PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT = 5,
+
+ PERF_TYPE_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Generalized performance event event_id types, used by the
+ * attr.event_id parameter of the sys_perf_event_open()
+ * syscall:
+ */
+enum perf_hw_id {
+ /*
+ * Common hardware events, generalized by the kernel:
+ */
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES = 0,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS = 1,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES = 2,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES = 3,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES = 5,
+ 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 */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Generalized hardware cache events:
+ *
+ * { L1-D, L1-I, LLC, ITLB, DTLB, BPU, NODE } x
+ * { read, write, prefetch } x
+ * { accesses, misses }
+ */
+enum perf_hw_cache_id {
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1D = 0,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1I = 1,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_LL = 2,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_DTLB = 3,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_ITLB = 4,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_BPU = 5,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_NODE = 6,
+
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+enum perf_hw_cache_op_id {
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ = 0,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_WRITE = 1,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_PREFETCH = 2,
+
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+enum perf_hw_cache_op_result_id {
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_ACCESS = 0,
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MISS = 1,
+
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Special "software" events provided by the kernel, even if the hardware
+ * does not support performance events. These events measure various
+ * physical and sw events of the kernel (and allow the profiling of them as
+ * well):
+ */
+enum perf_sw_ids {
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK = 0,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK = 1,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS = 2,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES = 3,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS = 7,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS = 8,
+
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Bits that can be set in attr.sample_type to request information
+ * in the overflow packets.
+ */
+enum perf_event_sample_format {
+ PERF_SAMPLE_IP = 1U << 0,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_TID = 1U << 1,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_TIME = 1U << 2,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR = 1U << 3,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_READ = 1U << 4,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN = 1U << 5,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_ID = 1U << 6,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_CPU = 1U << 7,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD = 1U << 8,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID = 1U << 9,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_RAW = 1U << 10,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK = 1U << 11,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER = 1U << 12,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER = 1U << 13,
+
+ PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 14, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+/*
+ * values to program into branch_sample_type when PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH is set
+ *
+ * If the user does not pass priv level information via branch_sample_type,
+ * the kernel uses the event's priv level. Branch and event priv levels do
+ * not have to match. Branch priv level is checked for permissions.
+ *
+ * The branch types can be combined, however BRANCH_ANY covers all types
+ * of branches and therefore it supersedes all the other types.
+ */
+enum perf_branch_sample_type {
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER = 1U << 0, /* user branches */
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL = 1U << 1, /* kernel branches */
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV = 1U << 2, /* hypervisor branches */
+
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY = 1U << 3, /* any branch types */
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL = 1U << 4, /* any call branch */
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN = 1U << 5, /* any return branch */
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL = 1U << 6, /* indirect calls */
+
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX = 1U << 7, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+#define PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL \
+ (PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER|\
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL|\
+ PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV)
+
+/*
+ * Values to determine ABI of the registers dump.
+ */
+enum perf_sample_regs_abi {
+ PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE = 0,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_32 = 1,
+ PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_64 = 2,
+};
+
+/*
+ * The format of the data returned by read() on a perf event fd,
+ * as specified by attr.read_format:
+ *
+ * struct read_format {
+ * { u64 value;
+ * { u64 time_enabled; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
+ * { u64 time_running; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
+ * { u64 id; } && PERF_FORMAT_ID
+ * } && !PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
+ *
+ * { u64 nr;
+ * { u64 time_enabled; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
+ * { u64 time_running; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
+ * { u64 value;
+ * { u64 id; } && PERF_FORMAT_ID
+ * } cntr[nr];
+ * } && PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
+ * };
+ */
+enum perf_event_read_format {
+ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED = 1U << 0,
+ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING = 1U << 1,
+ PERF_FORMAT_ID = 1U << 2,
+ PERF_FORMAT_GROUP = 1U << 3,
+
+ PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 4, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 64 /* sizeof first published struct */
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER1 72 /* add: config2 */
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER2 80 /* add: branch_sample_type */
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER3 96 /* add: sample_regs_user */
+ /* add: sample_stack_user */
+
+/*
+ * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
+ */
+struct perf_event_attr {
+
+ /*
+ * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
+ */
+ __u32 type;
+
+ /*
+ * Size of the attr structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
+ */
+ __u32 size;
+
+ /*
+ * Type specific configuration information.
+ */
+ __u64 config;
+
+ union {
+ __u64 sample_period;
+ __u64 sample_freq;
+ };
+
+ __u64 sample_type;
+ __u64 read_format;
+
+ __u64 disabled : 1, /* off by default */
+ inherit : 1, /* children inherit it */
+ pinned : 1, /* must always be on PMU */
+ exclusive : 1, /* only group on PMU */
+ exclude_user : 1, /* don't count user */
+ exclude_kernel : 1, /* ditto kernel */
+ exclude_hv : 1, /* ditto hypervisor */
+ exclude_idle : 1, /* don't count when idle */
+ mmap : 1, /* include mmap data */
+ comm : 1, /* include comm data */
+ freq : 1, /* use freq, not period */
+ inherit_stat : 1, /* per task counts */
+ enable_on_exec : 1, /* next exec enables */
+ task : 1, /* trace fork/exit */
+ watermark : 1, /* wakeup_watermark */
+ /*
+ * precise_ip:
+ *
+ * 0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
+ * 1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
+ * 2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
+ * 3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid
+ *
+ * See also PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXACT_IP
+ */
+ precise_ip : 2, /* skid constraint */
+ mmap_data : 1, /* non-exec mmap data */
+ sample_id_all : 1, /* sample_type all events */
+
+ exclude_host : 1, /* don't count in host */
+ exclude_guest : 1, /* don't count in guest */
+
+ exclude_callchain_kernel : 1, /* exclude kernel callchains */
+ exclude_callchain_user : 1, /* exclude user callchains */
+
+ __reserved_1 : 41;
+
+ union {
+ __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
+ __u32 wakeup_watermark; /* bytes before wakeup */
+ };
+
+ __u32 bp_type;
+ union {
+ __u64 bp_addr;
+ __u64 config1; /* extension of config */
+ };
+ union {
+ __u64 bp_len;
+ __u64 config2; /* extension of config1 */
+ };
+ __u64 branch_sample_type; /* enum perf_branch_sample_type */
+
+ /*
+ * Defines set of user regs to dump on samples.
+ * See asm/perf_regs.h for details.
+ */
+ __u64 sample_regs_user;
+
+ /*
+ * Defines size of the user stack to dump on samples.
+ */
+ __u32 sample_stack_user;
+
+ /* Align to u64. */
+ __u32 __reserved_2;
+};
+
+#define perf_flags(attr) (*(&(attr)->read_format + 1))
+
+/*
+ * Ioctls that can be done on a perf event fd:
+ */
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE _IO ('$', 0)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE _IO ('$', 1)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH _IO ('$', 2)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET _IO ('$', 3)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD _IOW('$', 4, __u64)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT _IO ('$', 5)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER _IOW('$', 6, char *)
+
+enum perf_event_ioc_flags {
+ PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP = 1U << 0,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Structure of the page that can be mapped via mmap
+ */
+struct perf_event_mmap_page {
+ __u32 version; /* version number of this structure */
+ __u32 compat_version; /* lowest version this is compat with */
+
+ /*
+ * Bits needed to read the hw events in user-space.
+ *
+ * u32 seq, time_mult, time_shift, idx, width;
+ * u64 count, enabled, running;
+ * u64 cyc, time_offset;
+ * s64 pmc = 0;
+ *
+ * do {
+ * seq = pc->lock;
+ * barrier()
+ *
+ * enabled = pc->time_enabled;
+ * running = pc->time_running;
+ *
+ * if (pc->cap_usr_time && enabled != running) {
+ * cyc = rdtsc();
+ * time_offset = pc->time_offset;
+ * time_mult = pc->time_mult;
+ * time_shift = pc->time_shift;
+ * }
+ *
+ * idx = pc->index;
+ * count = pc->offset;
+ * if (pc->cap_usr_rdpmc && idx) {
+ * width = pc->pmc_width;
+ * pmc = rdpmc(idx - 1);
+ * }
+ *
+ * barrier();
+ * } while (pc->lock != seq);
+ *
+ * NOTE: for obvious reason this only works on self-monitoring
+ * processes.
+ */
+ __u32 lock; /* seqlock for synchronization */
+ __u32 index; /* hardware event identifier */
+ __s64 offset; /* add to hardware event value */
+ __u64 time_enabled; /* time event active */
+ __u64 time_running; /* time event on cpu */
+ union {
+ __u64 capabilities;
+ __u64 cap_usr_time : 1,
+ cap_usr_rdpmc : 1,
+ cap_____res : 62;
+ };
+
+ /*
+ * If cap_usr_rdpmc this field provides the bit-width of the value
+ * read using the rdpmc() or equivalent instruction. This can be used
+ * to sign extend the result like:
+ *
+ * pmc <<= 64 - width;
+ * pmc >>= 64 - width; // signed shift right
+ * count += pmc;
+ */
+ __u16 pmc_width;
+
+ /*
+ * If cap_usr_time the below fields can be used to compute the time
+ * delta since time_enabled (in ns) using rdtsc or similar.
+ *
+ * u64 quot, rem;
+ * u64 delta;
+ *
+ * quot = (cyc >> time_shift);
+ * rem = cyc & ((1 << time_shift) - 1);
+ * delta = time_offset + quot * time_mult +
+ * ((rem * time_mult) >> time_shift);
+ *
+ * Where time_offset,time_mult,time_shift and cyc are read in the
+ * seqcount loop described above. This delta can then be added to
+ * enabled and possible running (if idx), improving the scaling:
+ *
+ * enabled += delta;
+ * if (idx)
+ * running += delta;
+ *
+ * quot = count / running;
+ * rem = count % running;
+ * count = quot * enabled + (rem * enabled) / running;
+ */
+ __u16 time_shift;
+ __u32 time_mult;
+ __u64 time_offset;
+
+ /*
+ * Hole for extension of the self monitor capabilities
+ */
+
+ __u64 __reserved[120]; /* align to 1k */
+
+ /*
+ * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
+ *
+ * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an rmb(), on
+ * SMP capable platforms, after reading this value -- see
+ * perf_event_wakeup().
+ *
+ * When the mapping is PROT_WRITE the @data_tail value should be
+ * written by userspace to reflect the last read data. In this case
+ * the kernel will not over-write unread data.
+ */
+ __u64 data_head; /* head in the data section */
+ __u64 data_tail; /* user-space written tail */
+};
+
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK (7 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN (0 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL (1 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER (2 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR (3 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL (4 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER (5 << 0)
+
+/*
+ * Indicates that the content of PERF_SAMPLE_IP points to
+ * the actual instruction that triggered the event. See also
+ * perf_event_attr::precise_ip.
+ */
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXACT_IP (1 << 14)
+/*
+ * Reserve the last bit to indicate some extended misc field
+ */
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXT_RESERVED (1 << 15)
+
+struct perf_event_header {
+ __u32 type;
+ __u16 misc;
+ __u16 size;
+};
+
+enum perf_event_type {
+
+ /*
+ * If perf_event_attr.sample_id_all is set then all event types will
+ * have the sample_type selected fields related to where/when
+ * (identity) an event took place (TID, TIME, ID, CPU, STREAM_ID)
+ * described in PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE below, it will be stashed just after
+ * the perf_event_header and the fields already present for the existing
+ * fields, i.e. at the end of the payload. That way a newer perf.data
+ * file will be supported by older perf tools, with these new optional
+ * fields being ignored.
+ *
+ * The MMAP events record the PROT_EXEC mappings so that we can
+ * correlate userspace IPs to code. They have the following structure:
+ *
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ *
+ * u32 pid, tid;
+ * u64 addr;
+ * u64 len;
+ * u64 pgoff;
+ * char filename[];
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_MMAP = 1,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u64 id;
+ * u64 lost;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_LOST = 2,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ *
+ * u32 pid, tid;
+ * char comm[];
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_COMM = 3,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u32 pid, ppid;
+ * u32 tid, ptid;
+ * u64 time;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_EXIT = 4,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u64 time;
+ * u64 id;
+ * u64 stream_id;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE = 5,
+ PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE = 6,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u32 pid, ppid;
+ * u32 tid, ptid;
+ * u64 time;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_FORK = 7,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ * u32 pid, tid;
+ *
+ * struct read_format values;
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_READ = 8,
+
+ /*
+ * struct {
+ * struct perf_event_header header;
+ *
+ * { u64 ip; } && PERF_SAMPLE_IP
+ * { u32 pid, tid; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TID
+ * { u64 time; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
+ * { u64 addr; } && PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR
+ * { u64 id; } && PERF_SAMPLE_ID
+ * { u64 stream_id;} && PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID
+ * { u32 cpu, res; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CPU
+ * { u64 period; } && PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD
+ *
+ * { struct read_format values; } && PERF_SAMPLE_READ
+ *
+ * { u64 nr,
+ * u64 ips[nr]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN
+ *
+ * #
+ * # The RAW record below is opaque data wrt the ABI
+ * #
+ * # That is, the ABI doesn't make any promises wrt to
+ * # the stability of its content, it may vary depending
+ * # on event, hardware, kernel version and phase of
+ * # the moon.
+ * #
+ * # In other words, PERF_SAMPLE_RAW contents are not an ABI.
+ * #
+ *
+ * { u32 size;
+ * char data[size];}&& PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
+ *
+ * { u64 from, to, flags } lbr[nr];} && PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
+ *
+ * { u64 abi; # enum perf_sample_regs_abi
+ * u64 regs[weight(mask)]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER
+ *
+ * { u64 size;
+ * char data[size];
+ * u64 dyn_size; } && PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER
+ * };
+ */
+ PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE = 9,
+
+ PERF_RECORD_MAX, /* non-ABI */
+};
+
+#define PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH 127
+
+enum perf_callchain_context {
+ PERF_CONTEXT_HV = (__u64)-32,
+ PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL = (__u64)-128,
+ PERF_CONTEXT_USER = (__u64)-512,
+
+ PERF_CONTEXT_GUEST = (__u64)-2048,
+ PERF_CONTEXT_GUEST_KERNEL = (__u64)-2176,
+ PERF_CONTEXT_GUEST_USER = (__u64)-2560,
+
+ PERF_CONTEXT_MAX = (__u64)-4095,
+};
+
+#define PERF_FLAG_FD_NO_GROUP (1U << 0)
+#define PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT (1U << 1)
+#define PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP (1U << 2) /* pid=cgroup id, per-cpu mode only */
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */
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