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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c | 9 +++++++++ include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 + kernel/perf_event.c | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 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 @@ static inline int sh_pmu_initialized(void) 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 int perf_max_events; 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 db5b560..fc51268 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ void __weak hw_perf_enable(void) { barrier(); } 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) -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html