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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2018-01-07 17:03:51 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2018-01-08 16:37:54 +0100
commit972c14884728bf5f69ec69cfb1beeec1a9cd29ee (patch)
tree7acfbea00d68630945ba7da42c85cefe6e674032 /tools/include
parentperf: Return empty callchain instead of NULL (diff)
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perf: Update PERF_RECORD_MISC_* comment for perf_event_header::misc bit 13
The perf_event_header::misc bit 13 is shared on different events and next patch is adding yet another bit 13 user. Updating the comment to make it more structured and clear which events use bit 13. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180107160356.28203-8-jolsa@kernel.org [ Update the tools/include/uapi/linux copy ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include')
-rw-r--r--tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 8bb66e8da945..c77c9a2ebbbb 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -612,9 +612,12 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
*/
#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_PROC_MAP_PARSE_TIMEOUT (1 << 12)
/*
- * PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA and PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC are used on
- * different events so can reuse the same bit position.
- * Ditto PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT.
+ * Following PERF_RECORD_MISC_* are used on different
+ * events, so can reuse the same bit position:
+ *
+ * PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA - PERF_RECORD_MMAP* events
+ * PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC - PERF_RECORD_COMM event
+ * PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT - PERF_RECORD_SWITCH* events
*/
#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA (1 << 13)
#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC (1 << 13)