perf: Allow for custom overflow handlers
in-kernel perf users might wish to have custom actions on the
sample interrupt.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <20091120212508.222339539@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index b5cdac0..a430ac3 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@
typedef void (*perf_callback_t)(struct perf_event *, void *);
+struct perf_sample_data;
+
/**
* struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
*/
@@ -658,6 +660,10 @@
struct pid_namespace *ns;
u64 id;
+ void (*overflow_handler)(struct perf_event *event,
+ int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE
struct event_filter *filter;
#endif
