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+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)