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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
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      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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     16 
     17 #ifndef _SIMPLEPERF_H
     18 #define _SIMPLEPERF_H
     19 
     20 #include <sys/types.h>
     21 
     22 #include <string>
     23 #include <vector>
     24 
     25 #ifndef SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT
     26 #define SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT
     27 #endif
     28 
     29 namespace simpleperf {
     30 
     31 std::vector<std::string> GetAllEvents() SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT;
     32 bool IsEventSupported(const std::string& name) SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT;
     33 
     34 struct Counter {
     35   std::string event;
     36   uint64_t value;
     37   // If there is not enough hardware counters, kernel will share counters between events.
     38   // time_enabled_in_ns is the period when counting is enabled, and time_running_in_ns is
     39   // the period when counting really happens in hardware.
     40   uint64_t time_enabled_in_ns;
     41   uint64_t time_running_in_ns;
     42 };
     43 
     44 // PerfEventSet can be used to count perf events or record perf events in perf.data.
     45 // To count perf events, you can do as follows:
     46 //  1. Create PerfEventSet instance.
     47 //  2. Select perf events to count. You can add more than one events.
     48 //  3. Set monitored targets.
     49 //  4. Start/stop/read counters when needed.
     50 // An example is as below:
     51 //    PerfEventSet* perf = PerfEventSet::CreateInstance(PerfEventSetType::kPerfForCounting);
     52 //    perf->AddEvent("cpu-cycles");
     53 //    perf->AddEvent("instructions");
     54 //    perf->MonitorCurrentProcess();
     55 //    perf->StartCounters();
     56 //    perf->StopCounters();
     57 //    perf->ReadCounters(&counters);
     58 //
     59 // PerfEventSet is not thread-safe. To access it from different threads, please protect
     60 // it under locks.
     61 class SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT PerfEventSet {
     62  public:
     63   enum Type {
     64     kPerfForCounting,
     65     kPerfForRecording,
     66   };
     67 
     68   static PerfEventSet* CreateInstance(Type type);
     69   virtual ~PerfEventSet() {}
     70 
     71   // Add event in the set. All valid events are returned by GetAllEvents().
     72   // To only monitor events happen in user space, add :u suffix, like cpu-cycles:u.
     73   virtual bool AddEvent(const std::string& name);
     74 
     75   // Set monitored target. You can only monitor threads in current process.
     76   virtual bool MonitorCurrentProcess();
     77   virtual bool MonitorCurrentThread();
     78   virtual bool MonitorThreadsInCurrentProcess(const std::vector<pid_t>& threads);
     79 
     80   // Counting interface:
     81   // Start counters. When the PerfEventSet instance is created, the counters are stopped.
     82   virtual bool StartCounters();
     83   // Stop counters. The values of the counters will not change until the next StartCounters().
     84   virtual bool StopCounters();
     85   // Read counter values. There is a value for each event. You don't need to stop counters before
     86   // reading them. The counter values are the accumulated value from the first StartCounters().
     87   virtual bool ReadCounters(std::vector<Counter>* counters);
     88 
     89  protected:
     90   PerfEventSet() {}
     91 };
     92 
     93 }  // namespace simpleperf
     94 
     95 #undef SIMPLEPERF_EXPORT
     96 
     97 #endif  // _SIMPLEPERF_H
     98