perf mmap: Move perf_mmap and methods to separate mmap.[ch] files

To better organize the sources, and we may end up even using it
directly, without evlists and evsels.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-oiqrm7grflurnnzo2ovfnslg@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

6 files changed, 349 insertions, 323 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 369c3163e68c..a3de7916fe63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ libperf-y += find_bit.o
 libperf-y += kallsyms.o
 libperf-y += levenshtein.o
 libperf-y += llvm-utils.o
+libperf-y += mmap.o
 libperf-y += memswap.o
 libperf-y += parse-events.o
 libperf-y += perf_regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 6a0d7ffbeba0..c6c891e154a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
-static void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map);
-static void perf_mmap__put(struct perf_mmap *map);
-
 #define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
 #define SID(e, x, y) xyarray__entry(e->sample_id, x, y)
 
@@ -704,129 +701,6 @@ static int perf_evlist__resume(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return perf_evlist__set_paused(evlist, false);
 }
 
-/* When check_messup is true, 'end' must points to a good entry */
-static union perf_event *
-perf_mmap__read(struct perf_mmap *md, bool check_messup, u64 start,
-		u64 end, u64 *prev)
-{
-	unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
-	union perf_event *event = NULL;
-	int diff = end - start;
-
-	if (check_messup) {
-		/*
-		 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
-		 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
-		 *
-		 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the 'end', we got messed up.
-		 *
-		 * In either case, truncate and restart at 'end'.
-		 */
-		if (diff > md->mask / 2 || diff < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data.\n");
-
-			/*
-			 * 'end' points to a known good entry, start there.
-			 */
-			start = end;
-			diff = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (diff >= (int)sizeof(event->header)) {
-		size_t size;
-
-		event = (union perf_event *)&data[start & md->mask];
-		size = event->header.size;
-
-		if (size < sizeof(event->header) || diff < (int)size) {
-			event = NULL;
-			goto broken_event;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Event straddles the mmap boundary -- header should always
-		 * be inside due to u64 alignment of output.
-		 */
-		if ((start & md->mask) + size != ((start + size) & md->mask)) {
-			unsigned int offset = start;
-			unsigned int len = min(sizeof(*event), size), cpy;
-			void *dst = md->event_copy;
-
-			do {
-				cpy = min(md->mask + 1 - (offset & md->mask), len);
-				memcpy(dst, &data[offset & md->mask], cpy);
-				offset += cpy;
-				dst += cpy;
-				len -= cpy;
-			} while (len);
-
-			event = (union perf_event *) md->event_copy;
-		}
-
-		start += size;
-	}
-
-broken_event:
-	if (prev)
-		*prev = start;
-
-	return event;
-}
-
-union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap *md, bool check_messup)
-{
-	u64 head;
-	u64 old = md->prev;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if event was unmapped due to a POLLHUP/POLLERR.
-	 */
-	if (!refcount_read(&md->refcnt))
-		return NULL;
-
-	head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
-
-	return perf_mmap__read(md, check_messup, old, head, &md->prev);
-}
-
-union perf_event *
-perf_mmap__read_backward(struct perf_mmap *md)
-{
-	u64 head, end;
-	u64 start = md->prev;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if event was unmapped due to a POLLHUP/POLLERR.
-	 */
-	if (!refcount_read(&md->refcnt))
-		return NULL;
-
-	head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
-	if (!head)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * 'head' pointer starts from 0. Kernel minus sizeof(record) form
-	 * it each time when kernel writes to it, so in fact 'head' is
-	 * negative. 'end' pointer is made manually by adding the size of
-	 * the ring buffer to 'head' pointer, means the validate data can
-	 * read is the whole ring buffer. If 'end' is positive, the ring
-	 * buffer has not fully filled, so we must adjust 'end' to 0.
-	 *
-	 * However, since both 'head' and 'end' is unsigned, we can't
-	 * simply compare 'end' against 0. Here we compare '-head' and
-	 * the size of the ring buffer, where -head is the number of bytes
-	 * kernel write to the ring buffer.
-	 */
-	if (-head < (u64)(md->mask + 1))
-		end = 0;
-	else
-		end = head + md->mask + 1;
-
-	return perf_mmap__read(md, false, start, end, &md->prev);
-}
-
 union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
 	struct perf_mmap *md = &evlist->mmap[idx];
@@ -857,96 +731,16 @@ union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 	return perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(evlist, idx);
 }
 
-void perf_mmap__read_catchup(struct perf_mmap *md)
-{
-	u64 head;
-
-	if (!refcount_read(&md->refcnt))
-		return;
-
-	head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
-	md->prev = head;
-}
-
 void perf_evlist__mmap_read_catchup(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
 	perf_mmap__read_catchup(&evlist->mmap[idx]);
 }
 
-static bool perf_mmap__empty(struct perf_mmap *md)
-{
-	return perf_mmap__read_head(md) == md->prev && !md->auxtrace_mmap.base;
-}
-
-static void perf_mmap__get(struct perf_mmap *map)
-{
-	refcount_inc(&map->refcnt);
-}
-
-static void perf_mmap__put(struct perf_mmap *md)
-{
-	BUG_ON(md->base && refcount_read(&md->refcnt) == 0);
-
-	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&md->refcnt))
-		perf_mmap__munmap(md);
-}
-
-void perf_mmap__consume(struct perf_mmap *md, bool overwrite)
-{
-	if (!overwrite) {
-		u64 old = md->prev;
-
-		perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old);
-	}
-
-	if (refcount_read(&md->refcnt) == 1 && perf_mmap__empty(md))
-		perf_mmap__put(md);
-}
-
 void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
 	perf_mmap__consume(&evlist->mmap[idx], evlist->overwrite);
 }
 
-int __weak auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm __maybe_unused,
-			       struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
-			       void *userpg __maybe_unused,
-			       int fd __maybe_unused)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void __weak auxtrace_mmap__munmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm __maybe_unused)
-{
-}
-
-void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__init(
-			struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
-			off_t auxtrace_offset __maybe_unused,
-			unsigned int auxtrace_pages __maybe_unused,
-			bool auxtrace_overwrite __maybe_unused)
-{
-}
-
-void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(
-			struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
-			struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
-			int idx __maybe_unused,
-			bool per_cpu __maybe_unused)
-{
-}
-
-static void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
-{
-	if (map->base != NULL) {
-		munmap(map->base, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
-		map->base = NULL;
-		map->fd = -1;
-		refcount_set(&map->refcnt, 0);
-	}
-	auxtrace_mmap__munmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap);
-}
-
 static void perf_evlist__munmap_nofree(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -995,48 +789,6 @@ static struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return map;
 }
 
-struct mmap_params {
-	int prot;
-	int mask;
-	struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
-};
-
-static int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map,
-			   struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The last one will be done at perf_evlist__mmap_consume(), so that we
-	 * make sure we don't prevent tools from consuming every last event in
-	 * the ring buffer.
-	 *
-	 * I.e. we can get the POLLHUP meaning that the fd doesn't exist
-	 * anymore, but the last events for it are still in the ring buffer,
-	 * waiting to be consumed.
-	 *
-	 * Tools can chose to ignore this at their own discretion, but the
-	 * evlist layer can't just drop it when filtering events in
-	 * perf_evlist__filter_pollfd().
-	 */
-	refcount_set(&map->refcnt, 2);
-	map->prev = 0;
-	map->mask = mp->mask;
-	map->base = mmap(NULL, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map), mp->prot,
-			 MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-	if (map->base == MAP_FAILED) {
-		pr_debug2("failed to mmap perf event ring buffer, error %d\n",
-			  errno);
-		map->base = NULL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	map->fd = fd;
-
-	if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap,
-				&mp->auxtrace_mp, map->base, fd))
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static bool
 perf_evlist__should_poll(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
 			 struct perf_evsel *evsel)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index b1c14f1fdc27..8c433e95bd9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
+#include "mmap.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "auxtrace.h"
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -24,55 +24,6 @@ struct record_opts;
 #define PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_BITS 8
 #define PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_SIZE (1 << PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_BITS)
 
-/**
- * struct perf_mmap - perf's ring buffer mmap details
- *
- * @refcnt - e.g. code using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT to share this
- */
-struct perf_mmap {
-	void		 *base;
-	int		 mask;
-	int		 fd;
-	refcount_t	 refcnt;
-	u64		 prev;
-	struct auxtrace_mmap auxtrace_mmap;
-	char		 event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __aligned(8);
-};
-
-static inline size_t
-perf_mmap__mmap_len(struct perf_mmap *map)
-{
-	return map->mask + 1 + page_size;
-}
-
-/*
- * State machine of bkw_mmap_state:
- *
- *                     .________________(forbid)_____________.
- *                     |                                     V
- * NOTREADY --(0)--> RUNNING --(1)--> DATA_PENDING --(2)--> EMPTY
- *                     ^  ^              |   ^               |
- *                     |  |__(forbid)____/   |___(forbid)___/|
- *                     |                                     |
- *                      \_________________(3)_______________/
- *
- * NOTREADY     : Backward ring buffers are not ready
- * RUNNING      : Backward ring buffers are recording
- * DATA_PENDING : We are required to collect data from backward ring buffers
- * EMPTY        : We have collected data from backward ring buffers.
- *
- * (0): Setup backward ring buffer
- * (1): Pause ring buffers for reading
- * (2): Read from ring buffers
- * (3): Resume ring buffers for recording
- */
-enum bkw_mmap_state {
-	BKW_MMAP_NOTREADY,
-	BKW_MMAP_RUNNING,
-	BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING,
-	BKW_MMAP_EMPTY,
-};
-
 struct perf_evlist {
 	struct list_head entries;
 	struct hlist_head heads[PERF_EVLIST__HLIST_SIZE];
@@ -177,12 +128,6 @@ struct perf_sample_id *perf_evlist__id2sid(struct perf_evlist *evlist, u64 id);
 
 void perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, enum bkw_mmap_state state);
 
-union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap *map, bool check_messup);
-union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_backward(struct perf_mmap *map);
-
-void perf_mmap__read_catchup(struct perf_mmap *md);
-void perf_mmap__consume(struct perf_mmap *md, bool overwrite);
-
 union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
 union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
@@ -286,25 +231,6 @@ size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp);
 int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 
-static inline u64 perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm)
-{
-	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = mm->base;
-	u64 head = ACCESS_ONCE(pc->data_head);
-	rmb();
-	return head;
-}
-
-static inline void perf_mmap__write_tail(struct perf_mmap *md, u64 tail)
-{
-	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
-
-	/*
-	 * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
-	 */
-	mb();
-	pc->data_tail = tail;
-}
-
 bool perf_evlist__can_select_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *str);
 void perf_evlist__to_front(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   struct perf_evsel *move_evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfc4a007f2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2017, Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Parts came from evlist.c builtin-{top,stat,record}.c, see those files for further
+ * copyright notes.
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL v2. (and only v2, not any later version)
+ */
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include "event.h"
+#include "mmap.h"
+#include "util.h" /* page_size */
+
+size_t perf_mmap__mmap_len(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	return map->mask + 1 + page_size;
+}
+
+/* When check_messup is true, 'end' must points to a good entry */
+static union perf_event *perf_mmap__read(struct perf_mmap *map, bool check_messup,
+					 u64 start, u64 end, u64 *prev)
+{
+	unsigned char *data = map->base + page_size;
+	union perf_event *event = NULL;
+	int diff = end - start;
+
+	if (check_messup) {
+		/*
+		 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
+		 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
+		 *
+		 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the 'end', we got messed up.
+		 *
+		 * In either case, truncate and restart at 'end'.
+		 */
+		if (diff > map->mask / 2 || diff < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data.\n");
+
+			/*
+			 * 'end' points to a known good entry, start there.
+			 */
+			start = end;
+			diff = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (diff >= (int)sizeof(event->header)) {
+		size_t size;
+
+		event = (union perf_event *)&data[start & map->mask];
+		size = event->header.size;
+
+		if (size < sizeof(event->header) || diff < (int)size) {
+			event = NULL;
+			goto broken_event;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Event straddles the mmap boundary -- header should always
+		 * be inside due to u64 alignment of output.
+		 */
+		if ((start & map->mask) + size != ((start + size) & map->mask)) {
+			unsigned int offset = start;
+			unsigned int len = min(sizeof(*event), size), cpy;
+			void *dst = map->event_copy;
+
+			do {
+				cpy = min(map->mask + 1 - (offset & map->mask), len);
+				memcpy(dst, &data[offset & map->mask], cpy);
+				offset += cpy;
+				dst += cpy;
+				len -= cpy;
+			} while (len);
+
+			event = (union perf_event *)map->event_copy;
+		}
+
+		start += size;
+	}
+
+broken_event:
+	if (prev)
+		*prev = start;
+
+	return event;
+}
+
+union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap *map, bool check_messup)
+{
+	u64 head;
+	u64 old = map->prev;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if event was unmapped due to a POLLHUP/POLLERR.
+	 */
+	if (!refcount_read(&map->refcnt))
+		return NULL;
+
+	head = perf_mmap__read_head(map);
+
+	return perf_mmap__read(map, check_messup, old, head, &map->prev);
+}
+
+union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_backward(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	u64 head, end;
+	u64 start = map->prev;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if event was unmapped due to a POLLHUP/POLLERR.
+	 */
+	if (!refcount_read(&map->refcnt))
+		return NULL;
+
+	head = perf_mmap__read_head(map);
+	if (!head)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * 'head' pointer starts from 0. Kernel minus sizeof(record) form
+	 * it each time when kernel writes to it, so in fact 'head' is
+	 * negative. 'end' pointer is made manually by adding the size of
+	 * the ring buffer to 'head' pointer, means the validate data can
+	 * read is the whole ring buffer. If 'end' is positive, the ring
+	 * buffer has not fully filled, so we must adjust 'end' to 0.
+	 *
+	 * However, since both 'head' and 'end' is unsigned, we can't
+	 * simply compare 'end' against 0. Here we compare '-head' and
+	 * the size of the ring buffer, where -head is the number of bytes
+	 * kernel write to the ring buffer.
+	 */
+	if (-head < (u64)(map->mask + 1))
+		end = 0;
+	else
+		end = head + map->mask + 1;
+
+	return perf_mmap__read(map, false, start, end, &map->prev);
+}
+
+void perf_mmap__read_catchup(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	u64 head;
+
+	if (!refcount_read(&map->refcnt))
+		return;
+
+	head = perf_mmap__read_head(map);
+	map->prev = head;
+}
+
+static bool perf_mmap__empty(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	return perf_mmap__read_head(map) == map->prev && !map->auxtrace_mmap.base;
+}
+
+void perf_mmap__get(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	refcount_inc(&map->refcnt);
+}
+
+void perf_mmap__put(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	BUG_ON(map->base && refcount_read(&map->refcnt) == 0);
+
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&map->refcnt))
+		perf_mmap__munmap(map);
+}
+
+void perf_mmap__consume(struct perf_mmap *map, bool overwrite)
+{
+	if (!overwrite) {
+		u64 old = map->prev;
+
+		perf_mmap__write_tail(map, old);
+	}
+
+	if (refcount_read(&map->refcnt) == 1 && perf_mmap__empty(map))
+		perf_mmap__put(map);
+}
+
+int __weak auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm __maybe_unused,
+			       struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
+			       void *userpg __maybe_unused,
+			       int fd __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __weak auxtrace_mmap__munmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
+				       off_t auxtrace_offset __maybe_unused,
+				       unsigned int auxtrace_pages __maybe_unused,
+				       bool auxtrace_overwrite __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
+					  struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
+					  int idx __maybe_unused,
+					  bool per_cpu __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
+{
+	if (map->base != NULL) {
+		munmap(map->base, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
+		map->base = NULL;
+		map->fd = -1;
+		refcount_set(&map->refcnt, 0);
+	}
+	auxtrace_mmap__munmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap);
+}
+
+int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The last one will be done at perf_evlist__mmap_consume(), so that we
+	 * make sure we don't prevent tools from consuming every last event in
+	 * the ring buffer.
+	 *
+	 * I.e. we can get the POLLHUP meaning that the fd doesn't exist
+	 * anymore, but the last events for it are still in the ring buffer,
+	 * waiting to be consumed.
+	 *
+	 * Tools can chose to ignore this at their own discretion, but the
+	 * evlist layer can't just drop it when filtering events in
+	 * perf_evlist__filter_pollfd().
+	 */
+	refcount_set(&map->refcnt, 2);
+	map->prev = 0;
+	map->mask = mp->mask;
+	map->base = mmap(NULL, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map), mp->prot,
+			 MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (map->base == MAP_FAILED) {
+		pr_debug2("failed to mmap perf event ring buffer, error %d\n",
+			  errno);
+		map->base = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	map->fd = fd;
+
+	if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap,
+				&mp->auxtrace_mp, map->base, fd))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f37ff45c8ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#ifndef __PERF_MMAP_H
+#define __PERF_MMAP_H 1
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "auxtrace.h"
+#include "event.h"
+
+/**
+ * struct perf_mmap - perf's ring buffer mmap details
+ *
+ * @refcnt - e.g. code using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT to share this
+ */
+struct perf_mmap {
+	void		 *base;
+	int		 mask;
+	int		 fd;
+	refcount_t	 refcnt;
+	u64		 prev;
+	struct auxtrace_mmap auxtrace_mmap;
+	char		 event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __aligned(8);
+};
+
+/*
+ * State machine of bkw_mmap_state:
+ *
+ *                     .________________(forbid)_____________.
+ *                     |                                     V
+ * NOTREADY --(0)--> RUNNING --(1)--> DATA_PENDING --(2)--> EMPTY
+ *                     ^  ^              |   ^               |
+ *                     |  |__(forbid)____/   |___(forbid)___/|
+ *                     |                                     |
+ *                      \_________________(3)_______________/
+ *
+ * NOTREADY     : Backward ring buffers are not ready
+ * RUNNING      : Backward ring buffers are recording
+ * DATA_PENDING : We are required to collect data from backward ring buffers
+ * EMPTY        : We have collected data from backward ring buffers.
+ *
+ * (0): Setup backward ring buffer
+ * (1): Pause ring buffers for reading
+ * (2): Read from ring buffers
+ * (3): Resume ring buffers for recording
+ */
+enum bkw_mmap_state {
+	BKW_MMAP_NOTREADY,
+	BKW_MMAP_RUNNING,
+	BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING,
+	BKW_MMAP_EMPTY,
+};
+
+struct mmap_params {
+	int			    prot, mask;
+	struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
+};
+
+int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd);
+void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map);
+
+void perf_mmap__get(struct perf_mmap *map);
+void perf_mmap__put(struct perf_mmap *map);
+
+void perf_mmap__consume(struct perf_mmap *map, bool overwrite);
+
+void perf_mmap__read_catchup(struct perf_mmap *md);
+
+static inline u64 perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm)
+{
+	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = mm->base;
+	u64 head = ACCESS_ONCE(pc->data_head);
+	rmb();
+	return head;
+}
+
+static inline void perf_mmap__write_tail(struct perf_mmap *md, u64 tail)
+{
+	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
+
+	/*
+	 * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
+	 */
+	mb();
+	pc->data_tail = tail;
+}
+
+union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap *map, bool check_messup);
+union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_backward(struct perf_mmap *map);
+
+size_t perf_mmap__mmap_len(struct perf_mmap *map);
+
+#endif /*__PERF_MMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
index e66dc495809a..b4f2f06722a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ util/ctype.c
 util/evlist.c
 util/evsel.c
 util/cpumap.c
+util/mmap.c
 util/namespaces.c
 ../lib/bitmap.c
 ../lib/find_bit.c