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Commit ad0a02b8 authored by Cody P Schafer's avatar Cody P Schafer Committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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powerpc/perf/hv_{gpci, 24x7}: Add documentation of device attributes



gpci and 24x7 expose some device specific attributes. Add some
documentation for them.

Signed-off-by: default avatarCody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
parent 30daeb6c
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What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/interface/catalog
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		Provides access to the binary "24x7 catalog" provided by the
		hypervisor on POWER7 and 8 systems. This catalog lists events
		avaliable from the powerpc "hv_24x7" pmu. Its format is
		documented here:
		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jmesmon/catalog-24x7/master/hv-24x7-catalog.h

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/interface/catalog_length
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		A number equal to the length in bytes of the catalog. This is
		also extractable from the provided binary "catalog" sysfs entry.

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/interface/catalog_version
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		Exposes the "version" field of the 24x7 catalog. This is also
		extractable from the provided binary "catalog" sysfs entry.
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What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/collect_privileged
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		'0' if the hypervisor is configured to forbid access to event
		counters being accumulated by other guests and to physical
		domain event counters.
		'1' if that access is allowed.

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/ga
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		0 or 1. Indicates whether we have access to "GA" events (listed
		in arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.h).

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/expanded
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		0 or 1. Indicates whether we have access to "EXPANDED" events (listed
		in arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.h).

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/lab
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		0 or 1. Indicates whether we have access to "LAB" events (listed
		in arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.h).

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/version
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		A number indicating the version of the gpci interface that the
		hypervisor reports supporting.

What:		/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_gpci/interface/kernel_version
Date:		February 2014
Contact:	Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Description:
		A number indicating the latest version of the gpci interface
		that the kernel is aware of.