perf: New helper function for pmu name
Introduce perf_pmu_name() helper function that returns the name of the
pmu. This gives us a generic way to get the name of a pmu regardless of
how an architecture identifies it internally.
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
index 2cb9ad5..55fe89b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@
return !!sh_pmu;
}
+const char *perf_pmu_name(void)
+{
+ if (!sh_pmu)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return sh_pmu->name;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_pmu_name);
+
int perf_num_counters(void)
{
if (!sh_pmu)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 1a02192..33f08da 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@
extern const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event);
extern int perf_num_counters(void);
+extern const char *perf_pmu_name(void);
extern void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task);
extern void perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *next);
extern void perf_event_task_tick(struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 403d180..e253469 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
void __weak perf_event_print_debug(void) { }
+extern __weak const char *perf_pmu_name(void)
+{
+ return "pmu";
+}
+
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, perf_disable_count);
void perf_disable(void)
