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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c34
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/internal.h3
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 6d9fdaef7b57..dbc2eff32230 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5916,6 +5916,40 @@ void perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
perf_event_mmap_event(&mmap_event);
}
+void perf_event_aux_event(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long head,
+ unsigned long size, u64 flags)
+{
+ struct perf_output_handle handle;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_aux_event {
+ struct perf_event_header header;
+ u64 offset;
+ u64 size;
+ u64 flags;
+ } rec = {
+ .header = {
+ .type = PERF_RECORD_AUX,
+ .misc = 0,
+ .size = sizeof(rec),
+ },
+ .offset = head,
+ .size = size,
+ .flags = flags,
+ };
+ int ret;
+
+ perf_event_header__init_id(&rec.header, &sample, event);
+ ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, rec.header.size);
+
+ if (ret)
+ return;
+
+ perf_output_put(&handle, rec);
+ perf_event__output_id_sample(event, &handle, &sample);
+
+ perf_output_end(&handle);
+}
+
/*
* IRQ throttle logging
*/
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
index 0f6d08015927..4d117a981431 100644
--- a/kernel/events/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ static inline bool rb_has_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
return !!rb->aux_nr_pages;
}
+void perf_event_aux_event(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long head,
+ unsigned long size, u64 flags);
+
extern void
perf_event_header__init_id(struct perf_event_header *header,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
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