perf: Enhance perf to allow for guest statistic collection from host
Below patch introduces perf_guest_info_callbacks and related
register/unregister functions. Add more PERF_RECORD_MISC_XXX bits
meaning guest kernel and guest user space.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 07b7a43..9dbe8cd 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2798,6 +2798,27 @@
/*
+ * We assume there is only KVM supporting the callbacks.
+ * Later on, we might change it to a list if there is
+ * another virtualization implementation supporting the callbacks.
+ */
+struct perf_guest_info_callbacks *perf_guest_cbs;
+
+int perf_register_guest_info_callbacks(struct perf_guest_info_callbacks *cbs)
+{
+ perf_guest_cbs = cbs;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_register_guest_info_callbacks);
+
+int perf_unregister_guest_info_callbacks(struct perf_guest_info_callbacks *cbs)
+{
+ perf_guest_cbs = NULL;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_unregister_guest_info_callbacks);
+
+/*
* Output
*/
static bool perf_output_space(struct perf_mmap_data *data, unsigned long tail,
@@ -3749,7 +3770,7 @@
.event_id = {
.header = {
.type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP,
- .misc = 0,
+ .misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER,
/* .size */
},
/* .pid */
