oprofile: rework implementation of cpu buffer events

Special events such as task or context switches are marked with an
escape code in the cpu buffer followed by an event code or a task
identifier. There is one escape code per event. To make escape
sequences also available for data samples the internal cpu buffer
format must be changed. The current implementation does not allow the
extension of event codes since this would lead to collisions with the
task identifiers. To avoid this, this patch introduces an event mask
that allows the storage of multiple events with one escape code. Now,
task identifiers are stored in the data section of the sample. The
implementation also allows the usage of custom data in a sample. As a
side effect the new code is much more readable and easier to
understand.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index 908202a..d969bb1 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /**
  * @file buffer_sync.c
  *
- * @remark Copyright 2002 OProfile authors
+ * @remark Copyright 2002-2009 OProfile authors
  * @remark Read the file COPYING
  *
  * @author John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
  * @author Barry Kasindorf
+ * @author Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
  *
  * This is the core of the buffer management. Each
  * CPU buffer is processed and entered into the
@@ -529,6 +530,7 @@ void sync_buffer(int cpu)
 	sync_buffer_state state = sb_buffer_start;
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned long available;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct op_entry entry;
 	struct op_sample *sample;
 
@@ -545,38 +547,34 @@ void sync_buffer(int cpu)
 			break;
 
 		if (is_code(sample->eip)) {
-			switch (sample->event) {
-			case 0:
-			case CPU_IS_KERNEL:
+			flags = sample->event;
+			if (flags & TRACE_BEGIN) {
+				state = sb_bt_start;
+				add_trace_begin();
+			}
+			if (flags & KERNEL_CTX_SWITCH) {
 				/* kernel/userspace switch */
-				in_kernel = sample->event;
+				in_kernel = flags & IS_KERNEL;
 				if (state == sb_buffer_start)
 					state = sb_sample_start;
-				add_kernel_ctx_switch(sample->event);
-				break;
-			case CPU_TRACE_BEGIN:
-				state = sb_bt_start;
-				add_trace_begin();
-				break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_IBS
-			case IBS_FETCH_BEGIN:
-				add_ibs_begin(cpu, IBS_FETCH_CODE, mm);
-				break;
-			case IBS_OP_BEGIN:
-				add_ibs_begin(cpu, IBS_OP_CODE, mm);
-				break;
-#endif
-			default:
+				add_kernel_ctx_switch(flags & IS_KERNEL);
+			}
+			if (flags & USER_CTX_SWITCH) {
 				/* userspace context switch */
 				oldmm = mm;
-				new = (struct task_struct *)sample->event;
+				new = (struct task_struct *)sample->data[0];
 				release_mm(oldmm);
 				mm = take_tasks_mm(new);
 				if (mm != oldmm)
 					cookie = get_exec_dcookie(mm);
 				add_user_ctx_switch(new, cookie);
-				break;
 			}
+#ifdef CONFIG_OPROFILE_IBS
+			if (flags & IBS_FETCH_BEGIN)
+				add_ibs_begin(cpu, IBS_FETCH_CODE, mm);
+			if (flags & IBS_OP_BEGIN)
+				add_ibs_begin(cpu, IBS_OP_CODE, mm);
+#endif
 			continue;
 		}