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-rw-r--r--drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c43
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index ac79f667603..934ff159e70 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
/**
* @file cpu_buffer.c
*
- * @remark Copyright 2002 OProfile authors
+ * @remark Copyright 2002-2009 OProfile authors
* @remark Read the file COPYING
*
* @author John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
* @author Barry Kasindorf <barry.kasindorf@amd.com>
+ * @author Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
*
* Each CPU has a local buffer that stores PC value/event
* pairs. We also log context switches when we notice them.
@@ -143,20 +144,36 @@ void end_cpu_work(void)
flush_scheduled_work();
}
-int op_cpu_buffer_write_entry(struct op_entry *entry)
+/*
+ * This function prepares the cpu buffer to write a sample.
+ *
+ * Struct op_entry is used during operations on the ring buffer while
+ * struct op_sample contains the data that is stored in the ring
+ * buffer. Struct entry can be uninitialized. The function reserves a
+ * data array that is specified by size. Use
+ * op_cpu_buffer_write_commit() after preparing the sample. In case of
+ * errors a null pointer is returned, otherwise the pointer to the
+ * sample.
+ *
+ */
+struct op_sample
+*op_cpu_buffer_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long size)
{
- entry->event = ring_buffer_lock_reserve(op_ring_buffer_write,
- sizeof(struct op_sample),
- &entry->irq_flags);
+ entry->event = ring_buffer_lock_reserve
+ (op_ring_buffer_write, sizeof(struct op_sample) +
+ size * sizeof(entry->sample->data[0]), &entry->irq_flags);
if (entry->event)
entry->sample = ring_buffer_event_data(entry->event);
else
entry->sample = NULL;
if (!entry->sample)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return NULL;
- return 0;
+ entry->size = size;
+ entry->data = entry->sample->data;
+
+ return entry->sample;
}
int op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry)
@@ -192,14 +209,14 @@ op_add_sample(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf,
unsigned long pc, unsigned long event)
{
struct op_entry entry;
- int ret;
+ struct op_sample *sample;
- ret = op_cpu_buffer_write_entry(&entry);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ sample = op_cpu_buffer_write_reserve(&entry, 0);
+ if (!sample)
+ return -ENOMEM;
- entry.sample->eip = pc;
- entry.sample->event = event;
+ sample->eip = pc;
+ sample->event = event;
return op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(&entry);
}