perf_counter: provide an mlock threshold

Provide a threshold to relax the mlock accounting, increasing usability.

Each counter gets perf_counter_mlock_kb for free.

[ Impact: allow more mmap buffering ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090505155437.112113632@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Peter Zijlstra
2009-05-05 17:50:24 +02:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 6de6a7b957
commit c5078f78b4
3 changed files with 21 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ struct file;
struct perf_mmap_data {
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
int nr_pages; /* nr of data pages */
int nr_locked; /* nr pages mlocked */
atomic_t poll; /* POLL_ for wakeups */
atomic_t head; /* write position */
@@ -575,6 +576,7 @@ struct perf_callchain_entry {
extern struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs);
extern int sysctl_perf_counter_priv;
extern int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock;
extern void perf_counter_init(void);