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    perf/core: Define PERF_PMU_TXN_READ interface · 4a00c16e
    Sukadev Bhattiprolu authored
    Define a new PERF_PMU_TXN_READ interface to read a group of counters
    at once.
    
            pmu->start_txn()                // Initialize before first event
    
            for each event in group
                    pmu->read(event);       // Queue each event to be read
    
            rc = pmu->commit_txn()          // Read/update all queued counters
    
    Note that we use this interface with all PMUs.  PMUs that implement this
    interface use the ->read() operation to _queue_ the counters to be read
    and use ->commit_txn() to actually read all the queued counters at once.
    
    PMUs that don't implement PERF_PMU_TXN_READ ignore ->start_txn() and
    ->commit_txn() and continue to read counters one at a time.
    
    Thanks to input from Peter Zijlstra.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441336073-22750-9-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.comSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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