perf_counter: add ioctl(PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET)
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Tue, 5 May 2009 15:50:23 +0000 (17:50 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 5 May 2009 18:18:31 +0000 (20:18 +0200)
commit6de6a7b95705b859b61430fa3afa1403034eb3e6
tree29214ae667a58aa005d0ed13e51c265fa675adf0
parentc66de4a5be7913247bd83d79168f8e4420c9cfbc
perf_counter: add ioctl(PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET)

Provide a way to reset an existing counter - this eases PAPI
libraries around perfcounters.

Similar to read() it doesn't collapse pending child counters.

[ Impact: new perfcounter fd ioctl method to reset counters ]

Suggested-by: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <20090505155437.022272933@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
include/linux/perf_counter.h
kernel/perf_counter.c