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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/Makefile156
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf120
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/counting.c83
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c119
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt213
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt244
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt246
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl14
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl35
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl17
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl13
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl21
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diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..972754082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+# Most of this file is copied from tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../../scripts/utilities.mak
+
+MAN3_TXT = libperf.txt
+MAN7_TXT = libperf-counting.txt libperf-sampling.txt
+MAN_EX = examples/*.c
+
+MAN_TXT = $(MAN3_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
+
+_MAN_XML = $(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
+_MAN_HTML = $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN_TXT))
+_MAN_3 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.3,$(MAN3_TXT))
+_MAN_7 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
+
+MAN_XML = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_XML))
+MAN_HTML = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_HTML))
+MAN_3 = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_3))
+MAN_7 = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_7))
+MAN_X = $(MAN_3) $(MAN_7)
+
+# Make the path relative to DESTDIR, not prefix
+ifndef DESTDIR
+ prefix ?=$(HOME)
+endif
+
+mandir ?= $(prefix)/share/man
+man3dir = $(mandir)/man3
+man7dir = $(mandir)/man7
+
+docdir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/libperf
+htmldir = $(docdir)/html
+exdir = $(docdir)/examples
+
+ASCIIDOC = asciidoc
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = --unsafe -f asciidoc.conf
+ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
+MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
+XMLTO_EXTRA =
+XMLTO =xmlto
+
+INSTALL ?= install
+RM ?= rm -f
+
+# For asciidoc ...
+# -7.1.2, no extra settings are needed.
+# 8.0-, set ASCIIDOC8.
+#
+
+# For docbook-xsl ...
+# -1.68.1, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0)
+# 1.69.0, no extra settings are needed?
+# 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP?
+# 1.71.1, no extra settings are needed?
+# 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172.
+# 1.73.0-, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF
+
+# If you had been using DOCBOOK_XSL_172 in an attempt to get rid
+# of 'the ".ft C" problem' in your generated manpages, and you
+# instead ended up with weird characters around callouts, try
+# using ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF instead (it works fine with ASCIIDOC8).
+
+ifdef ASCIIDOC8
+ ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a asciidoc7compatible
+endif
+ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172
+ ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a libperf-asciidoc-no-roff
+ MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl
+else
+ ifdef ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF
+ # docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not
+ # pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off.
+ ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a libperf-asciidoc-no-roff
+ endif
+endif
+ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
+ XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl
+endif
+ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP
+ XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
+endif
+
+DESTDIR ?=
+DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))'
+
+export DESTDIR DESTDIR_SQ
+
+# Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc.
+# The version after 6.0.3 _will_ include the patch found here:
+# http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=libtraceevent&m=111558757202243&w=2
+#
+# Until that version is released you may have to apply the patch
+# yourself - yes, all 6 characters of it!
+
+QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir
+QUIET_SUBDIR1 =
+
+ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),w),w)
+ PRINT_DIR = --no-print-directory
+else # "make -w"
+ NO_SUBDIR = :
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s)
+ ifneq ($(V),1)
+ QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ASCIIDOC '$@;
+ QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' XMLTO '$@;
+ endif
+endif
+
+all: $(MAN_X) $(MAN_HTML)
+
+$(MAN_HTML) $(MAN_X): asciidoc.conf
+
+install-man: all
+ $(call QUIET_INSTALL, man) \
+ $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir); \
+ $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(MAN_3) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir); \
+ $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir); \
+ $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(MAN_7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir);
+
+install-html:
+ $(call QUIET_INSTALL, html) \
+ $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir); \
+ $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(MAN_HTML) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir); \
+
+install-examples:
+ $(call QUIET_INSTALL, examples) \
+ $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(exdir); \
+ $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(MAN_EX) $(DESTDIR)$(exdir); \
+
+CLEAN_FILES = \
+ $(MAN_XML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_XML)) \
+ $(MAN_HTML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_HTML)) \
+ $(MAN_X)
+
+clean:
+ $(call QUIET_CLEAN, Documentation) $(RM) $(CLEAN_FILES)
+
+$(MAN_3): $(OUTPUT)%.3: %.xml
+ $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(XMLTO) -o $(OUTPUT). -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
+
+$(MAN_7): $(OUTPUT)%.7: %.xml
+ $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(XMLTO) -o $(OUTPUT). -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
+
+$(MAN_XML): $(OUTPUT)%.xml: %.txt
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage \
+ $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -alibperf_version=$(EVENT_PARSE_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
+ mv $@+ $@
+
+$(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html: %.txt
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML) -d manpage \
+ $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(EVENT_PARSE_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
+ mv $@+ $@
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d5a5a5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+## linktep: macro
+#
+# Usage: linktep:command[manpage-section]
+#
+# Note, {0} is the manpage section, while {target} is the command.
+#
+# Show TEP link as: <command>(<section>); if section is defined, else just show
+# the command.
+
+[macros]
+(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>linktep):(?P<target>\S*?)\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\]=
+
+[attributes]
+asterisk=&#42;
+plus=&#43;
+caret=&#94;
+startsb=&#91;
+endsb=&#93;
+tilde=&#126;
+
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+[linktep-inlinemacro]
+{0%{target}}
+{0#<citerefentry>}
+{0#<refentrytitle>{target}</refentrytitle><manvolnum>{0}</manvolnum>}
+{0#</citerefentry>}
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+ifndef::tep-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+# "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this.
+# v1.72 breaks with this because it replaces dots not in roff requests.
+[listingblock]
+<example><title>{title}</title>
+<literallayout>
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+&#10;.ft C&#10;
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+|
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+&#10;.ft&#10;
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+</literallayout>
+{title#}</example>
+endif::tep-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+
+ifdef::tep-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+# The following two small workarounds insert a simple paragraph after screen
+[listingblock]
+<example><title>{title}</title>
+<literallayout>
+|
+</literallayout><simpara></simpara>
+{title#}</example>
+
+[verseblock]
+<formalpara{id? id="{id}"}><title>{title}</title><para>
+{title%}<literallayout{id? id="{id}"}>
+{title#}<literallayout>
+|
+</literallayout>
+{title#}</para></formalpara>
+{title%}<simpara></simpara>
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+endif::tep-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+[header]
+template::[header-declarations]
+<refentry>
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
+<manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
+<refmiscinfo class="source">libperf</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">{libperf_version}</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="manual">libperf Manual</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>{manname1}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname2}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname3}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname4}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname5}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname6}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname7}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname8}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname9}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname10}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname11}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname12}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname13}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname14}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname15}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname16}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname17}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname18}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname19}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname20}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname21}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname22}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname23}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname24}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname25}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname26}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname27}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname28}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname29}</refname>
+ <refname>{manname30}</refname>
+ <refpurpose>{manpurpose}</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+
+ifdef::backend-xhtml11[]
+[linktep-inlinemacro]
+<a href="{target}.html">{target}{0?({0})}</a>
+endif::backend-xhtml11[]
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/counting.c b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/counting.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608569357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/counting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <perf/evlist.h>
+#include <perf/evsel.h>
+#include <perf/cpumap.h>
+#include <perf/threadmap.h>
+#include <perf/mmap.h>
+#include <perf/core.h>
+#include <perf/event.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
+ const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+ return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int count = 100000, err = 0;
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist;
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+ struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+ struct perf_counts_values counts;
+
+ struct perf_event_attr attr1 = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
+ .read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING,
+ .disabled = 1,
+ };
+ struct perf_event_attr attr2 = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK,
+ .read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING,
+ .disabled = 1,
+ };
+
+ libperf_init(libperf_print);
+ threads = perf_thread_map__new_dummy();
+ if (!threads) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create threads\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, 0, 0);
+ evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+ if (!evlist) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evlist\n");
+ goto out_threads;
+ }
+ evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr1);
+ if (!evsel) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evsel1\n");
+ goto out_evlist;
+ }
+ perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+ evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr2);
+ if (!evsel) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evsel2\n");
+ goto out_evlist;
+ }
+ perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+ perf_evlist__set_maps(evlist, NULL, threads);
+ err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+ if (err) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to open evsel\n");
+ goto out_evlist;
+ }
+ perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+ while (count--);
+ perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
+ perf_evlist__for_each_evsel(evlist, evsel) {
+ perf_evsel__read(evsel, 0, 0, &counts);
+ fprintf(stdout, "count %llu, enabled %llu, run %llu\n",
+ counts.val, counts.ena, counts.run);
+ }
+ perf_evlist__close(evlist);
+out_evlist:
+ perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+out_threads:
+ perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+ return err;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e1a926a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/examples/sampling.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <perf/evlist.h>
+#include <perf/evsel.h>
+#include <perf/cpumap.h>
+#include <perf/threadmap.h>
+#include <perf/mmap.h>
+#include <perf/core.h>
+#include <perf/event.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
+ const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+ return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+union u64_swap {
+ __u64 val64;
+ __u32 val32[2];
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist;
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+ struct perf_mmap *map;
+ struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
+ struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
+ .disabled = 1,
+ .freq = 1,
+ .sample_freq = 10,
+ .sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP|PERF_SAMPLE_TID|PERF_SAMPLE_CPU|PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD,
+ };
+ int err = -1;
+ union perf_event *event;
+
+ libperf_init(libperf_print);
+
+ cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+ if (!cpus) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cpus\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+ if (!evlist) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evlist\n");
+ goto out_cpus;
+ }
+
+ evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
+ if (!evsel) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cycles\n");
+ goto out_cpus;
+ }
+
+ perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+
+ perf_evlist__set_maps(evlist, cpus, NULL);
+
+ err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+ if (err) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to open evlist\n");
+ goto out_evlist;
+ }
+
+ err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 4);
+ if (err) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to mmap evlist\n");
+ goto out_evlist;
+ }
+
+ perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+ sleep(3);
+ perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
+
+ perf_evlist__for_each_mmap(evlist, map, false) {
+ if (perf_mmap__read_init(map) < 0)
+ continue;
+
+ while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(map)) != NULL) {
+ int cpu, pid, tid;
+ __u64 ip, period, *array;
+ union u64_swap u;
+
+ array = event->sample.array;
+
+ ip = *array;
+ array++;
+
+ u.val64 = *array;
+ pid = u.val32[0];
+ tid = u.val32[1];
+ array++;
+
+ u.val64 = *array;
+ cpu = u.val32[0];
+ array++;
+
+ period = *array;
+
+ fprintf(stdout, "cpu %3d, pid %6d, tid %6d, ip %20llx, period %20llu\n",
+ cpu, pid, tid, ip, period);
+
+ perf_mmap__consume(map);
+ }
+
+ perf_mmap__read_done(map);
+ }
+
+out_evlist:
+ perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+out_cpus:
+ perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+ return err;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b75efcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+libperf-counting(7)
+===================
+
+NAME
+----
+libperf-counting - counting interface
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The counting interface provides API to measure and get count for specific perf events.
+
+The following test tries to explain count on `counting.c` example.
+
+It is by no means complete guide to counting, but shows libperf basic API for counting.
+
+The `counting.c` comes with libperf package and can be compiled and run like:
+
+[source,bash]
+--
+$ gcc -o counting counting.c -lperf
+$ sudo ./counting
+count 176792, enabled 176944, run 176944
+count 176242, enabled 176242, run 176242
+--
+
+It requires root access, because of the `PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK` event,
+which is available only for root.
+
+The `counting.c` example monitors two events on the current process and displays
+their count, in a nutshell it:
+
+* creates events
+* adds them to the event list
+* opens and enables events through the event list
+* does some workload
+* disables events
+* reads and displays event counts
+* destroys the event list
+
+The first thing you need to do before using libperf is to call init function:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 8 static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
+ 9 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+ 10 {
+ 11 return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+ 12 }
+
+ 14 int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 15 {
+ ...
+ 35 libperf_init(libperf_print);
+--
+
+It will setup the library and sets function for debug output from library.
+
+The `libperf_print` callback will receive any message with its debug level,
+defined as:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+enum libperf_print_level {
+ LIBPERF_ERR,
+ LIBPERF_WARN,
+ LIBPERF_INFO,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG2,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG3,
+};
+--
+
+Once the setup is complete we start by defining specific events using the `struct perf_event_attr`.
+
+We create software events for cpu and task:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 20 struct perf_event_attr attr1 = {
+ 21 .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ 22 .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
+ 23 .read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING,
+ 24 .disabled = 1,
+ 25 };
+ 26 struct perf_event_attr attr2 = {
+ 27 .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ 28 .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK,
+ 29 .read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING,
+ 30 .disabled = 1,
+ 31 };
+--
+
+The `read_format` setup tells perf to include timing details together with each count.
+
+Next step is to prepare threads map.
+
+In this case we will monitor current process, so we create threads map with single pid (0):
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 37 threads = perf_thread_map__new_dummy();
+ 38 if (!threads) {
+ 39 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create threads\n");
+ 40 return -1;
+ 41 }
+ 42
+ 43 perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, 0, 0);
+--
+
+Now we create libperf's event list, which will serve as holder for the events we want:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 45 evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+ 46 if (!evlist) {
+ 47 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evlist\n");
+ 48 goto out_threads;
+ 49 }
+--
+
+We create libperf's events for the attributes we defined earlier and add them to the list:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 51 evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr1);
+ 52 if (!evsel) {
+ 53 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evsel1\n");
+ 54 goto out_evlist;
+ 55 }
+ 56
+ 57 perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+ 58
+ 59 evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr2);
+ 60 if (!evsel) {
+ 61 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evsel2\n");
+ 62 goto out_evlist;
+ 63 }
+ 64
+ 65 perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+--
+
+Configure event list with the thread map and open events:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 67 perf_evlist__set_maps(evlist, NULL, threads);
+ 68
+ 69 err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+ 70 if (err) {
+ 71 fprintf(stderr, "failed to open evsel\n");
+ 72 goto out_evlist;
+ 73 }
+--
+
+Both events are created as disabled (note the `disabled = 1` assignment above),
+so we need to enable the whole list explicitly (both events).
+
+From this moment events are counting and we can do our workload.
+
+When we are done we disable the events list.
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 75 perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+ 76
+ 77 while (count--);
+ 78
+ 79 perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
+--
+
+Now we need to get the counts from events, following code iterates through the
+events list and read counts:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 81 perf_evlist__for_each_evsel(evlist, evsel) {
+ 82 perf_evsel__read(evsel, 0, 0, &counts);
+ 83 fprintf(stdout, "count %llu, enabled %llu, run %llu\n",
+ 84 counts.val, counts.ena, counts.run);
+ 85 }
+--
+
+And finally cleanup.
+
+We close the whole events list (both events) and remove it together with the threads map:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 87 perf_evlist__close(evlist);
+ 88
+ 89 out_evlist:
+ 90 perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+ 91 out_threads:
+ 92 perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+ 93 return err;
+ 94 }
+--
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to <linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+libperf is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
+
+RESOURCES
+---------
+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+libperf(3), libperf-sampling(7)
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6ca24f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+libperf-sampling(7)
+===================
+
+NAME
+----
+libperf-sampling - sampling interface
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The sampling interface provides API to measure and get count for specific perf events.
+
+The following test tries to explain count on `sampling.c` example.
+
+It is by no means complete guide to sampling, but shows libperf basic API for sampling.
+
+The `sampling.c` comes with libperf package and can be compiled and run like:
+
+[source,bash]
+--
+$ gcc -o sampling sampling.c -lperf
+$ sudo ./sampling
+cpu 0, pid 0, tid 0, ip ffffffffad06c4e6, period 1
+cpu 0, pid 4465, tid 4469, ip ffffffffad118748, period 18322959
+cpu 0, pid 0, tid 0, ip ffffffffad115722, period 33544846
+cpu 0, pid 4465, tid 4470, ip 7f84fe0cdad6, period 23687474
+cpu 0, pid 0, tid 0, ip ffffffffad9e0349, period 34255790
+cpu 0, pid 4465, tid 4469, ip ffffffffad136581, period 38664069
+cpu 0, pid 0, tid 0, ip ffffffffad9e55e2, period 21922384
+cpu 0, pid 4465, tid 4470, ip 7f84fe0ebebf, period 17655175
+...
+--
+
+It requires root access, because it uses hardware cycles event.
+
+The `sampling.c` example profiles/samples all CPUs with hardware cycles, in a
+nutshell it:
+
+- creates events
+- adds them to the event list
+- opens and enables events through the event list
+- sleeps for 3 seconds
+- disables events
+- reads and displays recorded samples
+- destroys the event list
+
+The first thing you need to do before using libperf is to call init function:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 12 static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
+ 13 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+ 14 {
+ 15 return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+ 16 }
+
+ 23 int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 24 {
+ ...
+ 40 libperf_init(libperf_print);
+--
+
+It will setup the library and sets function for debug output from library.
+
+The `libperf_print` callback will receive any message with its debug level,
+defined as:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+enum libperf_print_level {
+ LIBPERF_ERR,
+ LIBPERF_WARN,
+ LIBPERF_INFO,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG2,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG3,
+};
+--
+
+Once the setup is complete we start by defining cycles event using the `struct perf_event_attr`:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 29 struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+ 30 .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ 31 .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
+ 32 .disabled = 1,
+ 33 .freq = 1,
+ 34 .sample_freq = 10,
+ 35 .sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP|PERF_SAMPLE_TID|PERF_SAMPLE_CPU|PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD,
+ 36 };
+--
+
+Next step is to prepare CPUs map.
+
+In this case we will monitor all the available CPUs:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 42 cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(NULL);
+ 43 if (!cpus) {
+ 44 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cpus\n");
+ 45 return -1;
+ 46 }
+--
+
+Now we create libperf's event list, which will serve as holder for the cycles event:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 48 evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+ 49 if (!evlist) {
+ 50 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create evlist\n");
+ 51 goto out_cpus;
+ 52 }
+--
+
+We create libperf's event for the cycles attribute we defined earlier and add it to the list:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 54 evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
+ 55 if (!evsel) {
+ 56 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create cycles\n");
+ 57 goto out_cpus;
+ 58 }
+ 59
+ 60 perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+--
+
+Configure event list with the cpus map and open event:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 62 perf_evlist__set_maps(evlist, cpus, NULL);
+ 63
+ 64 err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+ 65 if (err) {
+ 66 fprintf(stderr, "failed to open evlist\n");
+ 67 goto out_evlist;
+ 68 }
+--
+
+Once the events list is open, we can create memory maps AKA perf ring buffers:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 70 err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 4);
+ 71 if (err) {
+ 72 fprintf(stderr, "failed to mmap evlist\n");
+ 73 goto out_evlist;
+ 74 }
+--
+
+The event is created as disabled (note the `disabled = 1` assignment above),
+so we need to enable the events list explicitly.
+
+From this moment the cycles event is sampling.
+
+We will sleep for 3 seconds while the ring buffers get data from all CPUs, then we disable the events list.
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 76 perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+ 77 sleep(3);
+ 78 perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
+--
+
+Following code walks through the ring buffers and reads stored events/samples:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 80 perf_evlist__for_each_mmap(evlist, map, false) {
+ 81 if (perf_mmap__read_init(map) < 0)
+ 82 continue;
+ 83
+ 84 while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(map)) != NULL) {
+
+ /* process event */
+
+108 perf_mmap__consume(map);
+109 }
+110 perf_mmap__read_done(map);
+111 }
+
+--
+
+Each sample needs to get parsed:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ 85 int cpu, pid, tid;
+ 86 __u64 ip, period, *array;
+ 87 union u64_swap u;
+ 88
+ 89 array = event->sample.array;
+ 90
+ 91 ip = *array;
+ 92 array++;
+ 93
+ 94 u.val64 = *array;
+ 95 pid = u.val32[0];
+ 96 tid = u.val32[1];
+ 97 array++;
+ 98
+ 99 u.val64 = *array;
+100 cpu = u.val32[0];
+101 array++;
+102
+103 period = *array;
+104
+105 fprintf(stdout, "cpu %3d, pid %6d, tid %6d, ip %20llx, period %20llu\n",
+106 cpu, pid, tid, ip, period);
+--
+
+And finally cleanup.
+
+We close the whole events list (both events) and remove it together with the threads map:
+
+[source,c]
+--
+113 out_evlist:
+114 perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+115 out_cpus:
+116 perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+117 return err;
+118 }
+--
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to <linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+libperf is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
+
+RESOURCES
+---------
+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+libperf(3), libperf-counting(7)
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c74c30ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+libperf(3)
+==========
+
+NAME
+----
+libperf - Linux kernel perf event library
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+*Generic API:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/core.h>
+
+ enum libperf_print_level {
+ LIBPERF_ERR,
+ LIBPERF_WARN,
+ LIBPERF_INFO,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG2,
+ LIBPERF_DEBUG3,
+ };
+
+ typedef int (*libperf_print_fn_t)(enum libperf_print_level level,
+ const char *, va_list ap);
+
+ void libperf_init(libperf_print_fn_t fn);
+--
+
+*API to handle CPU maps:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/cpumap.h>
+
+ struct perf_cpu_map;
+
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__dummy_new(void);
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__new(const char *cpu_list);
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__read(FILE *file);
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__get(struct perf_cpu_map *map);
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__merge(struct perf_cpu_map *orig,
+ struct perf_cpu_map *other);
+ void perf_cpu_map__put(struct perf_cpu_map *map);
+ int perf_cpu_map__cpu(const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus, int idx);
+ int perf_cpu_map__nr(const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus);
+ bool perf_cpu_map__empty(const struct perf_cpu_map *map);
+ int perf_cpu_map__max(struct perf_cpu_map *map);
+
+ #define perf_cpu_map__for_each_cpu(cpu, idx, cpus)
+--
+
+*API to handle thread maps:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/threadmap.h>
+
+ struct perf_thread_map;
+
+ struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_dummy(void);
+
+ void perf_thread_map__set_pid(struct perf_thread_map *map, int thread, pid_t pid);
+ char *perf_thread_map__comm(struct perf_thread_map *map, int thread);
+ int perf_thread_map__nr(struct perf_thread_map *threads);
+ pid_t perf_thread_map__pid(struct perf_thread_map *map, int thread);
+
+ struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__get(struct perf_thread_map *map);
+ void perf_thread_map__put(struct perf_thread_map *map);
+--
+
+*API to handle event lists:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/evlist.h>
+
+ struct perf_evlist;
+
+ void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ void perf_evlist__remove(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist__new(void);
+ void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+ struct perf_evsel* perf_evlist__next(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ int perf_evlist__open(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+ void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+ void perf_evlist__enable(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+ void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
+ #define perf_evlist__for_each_evsel(evlist, pos)
+
+ void perf_evlist__set_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+ struct perf_thread_map *threads);
+ int perf_evlist__poll(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int timeout);
+ int perf_evlist__filter_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ short revents_and_mask);
+
+ int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int pages);
+ void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
+ struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__next_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+ struct perf_mmap *map,
+ bool overwrite);
+
+ #define perf_evlist__for_each_mmap(evlist, pos, overwrite)
+--
+
+*API to handle events:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/evsel.h>*
+
+ struct perf_evsel;
+
+ struct perf_counts_values {
+ union {
+ struct {
+ uint64_t val;
+ uint64_t ena;
+ uint64_t run;
+ };
+ uint64_t values[3];
+ };
+ };
+
+ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
+ void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+ struct perf_thread_map *threads);
+ void perf_evsel__close(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ void perf_evsel__close_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
+ int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
+ struct perf_counts_values *count);
+ int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ int perf_evsel__enable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
+ int perf_evsel__disable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ int perf_evsel__disable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
+ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_evsel__cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ struct perf_thread_map *perf_evsel__threads(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+ struct perf_event_attr *perf_evsel__attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+--
+
+*API to handle maps (perf ring buffers):*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/mmap.h>
+
+ struct perf_mmap;
+
+ void perf_mmap__consume(struct perf_mmap *map);
+ int perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *map);
+ void perf_mmap__read_done(struct perf_mmap *map);
+ union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_event(struct perf_mmap *map);
+--
+
+*Structures to access perf API events:*
+
+[source,c]
+--
+ #include <perf/event.h>
+
+ struct perf_record_mmap;
+ struct perf_record_mmap2;
+ struct perf_record_comm;
+ struct perf_record_namespaces;
+ struct perf_record_fork;
+ struct perf_record_lost;
+ struct perf_record_lost_samples;
+ struct perf_record_read;
+ struct perf_record_throttle;
+ struct perf_record_ksymbol;
+ struct perf_record_bpf_event;
+ struct perf_record_sample;
+ struct perf_record_switch;
+ struct perf_record_header_attr;
+ struct perf_record_record_cpu_map;
+ struct perf_record_cpu_map_data;
+ struct perf_record_cpu_map;
+ struct perf_record_event_update_cpus;
+ struct perf_record_event_update_scale;
+ struct perf_record_event_update;
+ struct perf_trace_event_type;
+ struct perf_record_header_event_type;
+ struct perf_record_header_tracing_data;
+ struct perf_record_header_build_id;
+ struct perf_record_id_index;
+ struct perf_record_auxtrace_info;
+ struct perf_record_auxtrace;
+ struct perf_record_auxtrace_error;
+ struct perf_record_aux;
+ struct perf_record_itrace_start;
+ struct perf_record_thread_map_entry;
+ struct perf_record_thread_map;
+ struct perf_record_stat_config_entry;
+ struct perf_record_stat_config;
+ struct perf_record_stat;
+ struct perf_record_stat_round;
+ struct perf_record_time_conv;
+ struct perf_record_header_feature;
+ struct perf_record_compressed;
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The libperf library provides an API to access the linux kernel perf
+events subsystem.
+
+Following objects are key to the libperf interface:
+
+[horizontal]
+
+struct perf_cpu_map:: Provides a CPU list abstraction.
+
+struct perf_thread_map:: Provides a thread list abstraction.
+
+struct perf_evsel:: Provides an abstraction for single a perf event.
+
+struct perf_evlist:: Gathers several struct perf_evsel object and performs functions on all of them.
+
+struct perf_mmap:: Provides an abstraction for accessing perf ring buffer.
+
+The exported API functions bind these objects together.
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to <linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org>.
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+libperf is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
+
+RESOURCES
+---------
+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+libperf-sampling(7), libperf-counting(7)
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4d315cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!-- manpage-1.72.xsl:
+ special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+ handles peculiarities in docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/>
+
+<!-- these are the special values for the roff control characters
+ needed for docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">&#x2593;</xsl:param>
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot" >&#x2302;</xsl:param>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a264fa616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!-- manpage-base.xsl:
+ special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<!-- these params silence some output from xmlto -->
+<xsl:param name="man.output.quietly" select="1"/>
+<xsl:param name="refentry.meta.get.quietly" select="1"/>
+
+<!-- convert asciidoc callouts to man page format;
+ git.docbook.backslash and git.docbook.dot params
+ must be supplied by another XSL file or other means -->
+<xsl:template match="co">
+ <xsl:value-of select="concat(
+ $git.docbook.backslash,'fB(',
+ substring-after(@id,'-'),')',
+ $git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/>
+</xsl:template>
+<xsl:template match="calloutlist">
+ <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/>
+ <xsl:text>sp&#10;</xsl:text>
+ <xsl:apply-templates/>
+ <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+<xsl:template match="callout">
+ <xsl:value-of select="concat(
+ $git.docbook.backslash,'fB',
+ substring-after(@arearefs,'-'),
+ '. ',$git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/>
+ <xsl:apply-templates/>
+ <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/>
+ <xsl:text>br&#10;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608eb5df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!-- manpage-bold-literal.xsl:
+ special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<!-- render literal text as bold (instead of plain or monospace);
+ this makes literal text easier to distinguish in manpages
+ viewed on a tty -->
+<xsl:template match="literal">
+ <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/>
+ <xsl:text>fB</xsl:text>
+ <xsl:apply-templates/>
+ <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/>
+ <xsl:text>fR</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48f5b11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- manpage-normal.xsl:
+ special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+ handles anything we want to keep away from docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/>
+
+<!-- these are the normal values for the roff control characters -->
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">\</xsl:param>
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot" >.</xsl:param>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a63c7632a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!-- manpage-suppress-sp.xsl:
+ special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+ handles erroneous, inline .sp in manpage output of some
+ versions of docbook-xsl -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<!-- attempt to work around spurious .sp at the tail of the line
+ that some versions of docbook stylesheets seem to add -->
+<xsl:template match="simpara">
+ <xsl:variable name="content">
+ <xsl:apply-templates/>
+ </xsl:variable>
+ <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/>
+ <xsl:if test="not(ancestor::authorblurb) and
+ not(ancestor::personblurb)">
+ <xsl:text>&#10;&#10;</xsl:text>
+ </xsl:if>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>