On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:19:32AM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote:
>> Can you point to any code that is fixed by the commit?
>
> I have some, but I don't think a lot of people use it.
>
> Would you be ok with something like the below? It should preserve
> functionality for code that only cares about cap_usr_rdpmc (PAPI).
>
> Stephane, does libpfm use any of these?
>
Yes, there is an example using this. Need to verify it is not broken
currently (self_count.c).
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
> union {
> __u64 capabilities;
> struct {
> - __u64 cap_usr_time : 1,
> - cap_usr_rdpmc : 1,
> + __u64 cap_usr_rdpmc : 1,
> + cap_usr_time : 1,
> cap_usr_time_zero : 1,
> cap_____res : 61;
> };
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