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Commit 65aea233 authored by Wang Nan's avatar Wang Nan Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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perf evlist: Add API to pause/resume



perf_evlist__toggle_{pause,resume}() are introduced to pause/resume
events in an evlist. Utilize PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT ioctl.

Following commits use them to ensure overwrite ring buffer is paused
before reading.

Signed-off-by: default avatarWang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463987628-163563-2-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: default avatarHe Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
[ Return -1, like all other ioctl() usage in evlist.c, rename 'pause'
  arg to avoid breaking the build on ubuntu 12.04 and other old systems ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent 12f3ca4f
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