- 26 9月, 2012 1 次提交
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由 Jan Glauber 提交于
Allow user-space threads to use runtime instrumentation (RI). To enable RI for a thread there is a new s390 specific system call, sys_s390_runtime_instr, that takes as parameter a realtime signal number. If the RI facility is available the system call sets up a control block for the calling thread with the appropriate permissions for the thread to modify the control block. The user-space thread can then use the store and modify RI instructions to alter the control block and start/stop the instrumentation via RION/RIOFF. If the user specified program buffer runs full RI triggers an external interrupt. The external interrupt is translated to a real-time signal that is delivered to the thread that enabled RI on that CPU. The number of the real-time signal is the number specified in the RI system call. So, user-space can select any available real-time signal number in case the application itself uses real-time signals for other purposes. The kernel saves the RI control blocks on task switch only if the running thread was enabled for RI. Therefore, the performance impact on task switch should be negligible if RI is not used. RI is only enabled for user-space mode and is disabled for the supervisor state. Reviewed-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NJan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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- 30 3月, 2012 1 次提交
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由 Heiko Carstens 提交于
Signed-off-by: NHeiko Carstens <h.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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- 23 3月, 2012 2 次提交
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由 Hendrik Brueckner 提交于
Add a perf PMU to access the CPU-measurement counter facility CPUM CF. CPUM CF provides multiple counter sets for measuring generic, problem-state, and crypto activaties. Also an extended counter set for the IBM System z10 and IBM z196 mainframes is available. Counters from the basic and problem-state counter set are mapped to generic perf hardware events. Other counters are accessible through raw events. For a list of available counter sets and counters, see: - The Load-Program-Parameter and the CPU-Measurement Facilities (SA23-2260) - The CPU-Measurement Facility Extended Counters Definition for z10 and z196 (SA23-2261) Reviewed-by: NJan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NHendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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由 Jan Glauber 提交于
Prepare the measurement facility which is currently only used by oprofile for multiple users. To achieve that the measurement alert interrupt control bit needs to be protected. The measurement alert definitions are moved to a header file and an interrupt mask is added so that users can discard interrupts if they are for a different measurement subsystem. Reviewed-by: NHendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NJan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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