s390/cpum_sf: Dynamically extend the sampling buffer if overflows occur
authorHendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:03:48 +0000 (17:03 +0100)
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:37:57 +0000 (14:37 +0100)
Improve the sampling buffer allocation and add a function to reallocate and
increase the sampling buffer structure.  The number of allocated buffer elements
(sample-data-blocks) are accounted.  You can control the minimum and maximum
number these sample-data-blocks through the cpum_sfb_size kernel parameter.

The number hardware sample overflows (if any) are also accounted and stored
per perf event.  During the PMU disable/enable calls, the accumulated overflow
counter is analyzed and, if necessary, the sampling buffer is dynamically
increased.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c

Simple merge
Simple merge