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diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a8f1a23793 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +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); + bool perf_cpu_map__has(const struct perf_cpu_map *map, int cpu); + + #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); + struct perf_thread_map *perf_thread_map__new_array(int nr_threads, pid_t *array); + + void perf_thread_map__set_pid(struct perf_thread_map *map, int idx, pid_t pid); + char *perf_thread_map__comm(struct perf_thread_map *map, int idx); + int perf_thread_map__nr(struct perf_thread_map *threads); + pid_t perf_thread_map__pid(struct perf_thread_map *map, int idx); + + 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_map_idx); + int perf_evsel__mmap(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int pages); + void perf_evsel__munmap(struct perf_evsel *evsel); + void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread); + int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, 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_map_idx); + int perf_evsel__disable(struct perf_evsel *evsel); + int perf_evsel__disable_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx); + 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) |