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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-11 21:01:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-11 21:01:07 (GMT) |
commit | 8a1ca8cedd108c8e76a6ab34079d0bbb4f244799 (patch) | |
tree | 636c715524f1718599209cc289908ea44b6cb859 /init | |
parent | b640f042faa2a2fad6464f259a8afec06e2f6386 (diff) | |
parent | 940010c5a314a7bd9b498593bc6ba1718ac5aec5 (diff) | |
download | linux-8a1ca8cedd108c8e76a6ab34079d0bbb4f244799.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (574 commits)
perf_counter: Turn off by default
perf_counter: Add counter->id to the throttle event
perf_counter: Better align code
perf_counter: Rename L2 to LL cache
perf_counter: Standardize event names
perf_counter: Rename enums
perf_counter tools: Clean up u64 usage
perf_counter: Rename perf_counter_limit sysctl
perf_counter: More paranoia settings
perf_counter: powerpc: Implement generalized cache events for POWER processors
perf_counters: powerpc: Add support for POWER7 processors
perf_counter: Accurate period data
perf_counter: Introduce struct for sample data
perf_counter tools: Normalize data using per sample period data
perf_counter: Annotate exit ctx recursion
perf_counter tools: Propagate signals properly
perf_counter tools: Small frequency related fixes
perf_counter: More aggressive frequency adjustment
perf_counter/x86: Fix the model number of Intel Core2 processors
perf_counter, x86: Correct some event and umask values for Intel processors
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Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index d4e9671..9b68fee 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -933,6 +933,40 @@ config AIO by some high performance threaded applications. Disabling this option saves about 7k. +config HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS + bool + +menu "Performance Counters" + +config PERF_COUNTERS + bool "Kernel Performance Counters" + depends on HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS + select ANON_INODES + help + Enable kernel support for performance counter hardware. + + Performance counters are special hardware registers available + on most modern CPUs. These registers count the number of certain + types of hw events: such as instructions executed, cachemisses + suffered, or branches mis-predicted - without slowing down the + kernel or applications. These registers can also trigger interrupts + when a threshold number of events have passed - and can thus be + used to profile the code that runs on that CPU. + + The Linux Performance Counter subsystem provides an abstraction of + these hardware capabilities, available via a system call. It + provides per task and per CPU counters, and it provides event + capabilities on top of those. + + Say Y if unsure. + +config EVENT_PROFILE + bool "Tracepoint profile sources" + depends on PERF_COUNTERS && EVENT_TRACER + default y + +endmenu + config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS default y bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EMBEDDED |