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328 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: evcnt.9,v 1.17 2008/02/11 03:49:13 dyoung Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" --(license Id: LICENSE.proto,v 1.1 2000/06/13 21:40:26 cgd Exp )--
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.\"
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.Dd January 11, 2005
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.Dt EVCNT 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm evcnt ,
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.Nm evcnt_attach_dynamic ,
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.Nm evcnt_attach_static ,
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.Nm evcnt_detach
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.Nd generic event counter framework
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/evcnt.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn evcnt_attach_dynamic "struct evcnt *ev" "int type" "const struct evcnt *parent" "const char *group" "const char *name"
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.Ft void
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.Fn evcnt_attach_static "struct evcnt *ev"
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.Ft void
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.Fn evcnt_detach "struct evcnt *ev"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nx
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generic event counter framework is designed to provide a flexible and
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hierarchical event counting facility, which is useful for tracking
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system events (including device interrupts).
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.Pp
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The fundamental component of this framework is the
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.Nm evcnt
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structure.
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Its user-accessible fields are:
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.Bd -literal
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struct evcnt {
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uint64_t ev_count; /* how many have occurred */
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TAILQ_ENTRY(evcnt) ev_list; /* entry on list of all counters */
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unsigned char ev_type; /* counter type; see below */
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unsigned char ev_grouplen; /* 'group' len, excluding NUL */
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unsigned char ev_namelen; /* 'name' len, excluding NUL */
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const struct evcnt *ev_parent; /* parent, for hierarchical ctrs */
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const char *ev_group; /* name of group */
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const char *ev_name; /* name of specific event */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The system maintains a global linked list of all active event counters.
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This list, called
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.Nm allevents ,
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may grow or shrink over time as event counters are dynamically
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added to and removed from the system.
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.Pp
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Each event counter is marked (in the
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.Fa ev_type
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field) with the type of event being counted.
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The following types are currently defined:
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.Bl -tag -offset indent -width EVCNT_TYPE_MISC -compact
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.It Ev EVCNT_TYPE_MISC
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Miscellaneous; doesn't fit into one of the other types.
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.It Ev EVCNT_TYPE_INTR
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Interrupt counter, reported by
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.Ic vmstat -i .
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.It Ev EVCNT_TYPE_TRAP
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Processor trap style events.
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.El
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.Pp
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Each event counter also has a group name
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.Pq Fa ev_group
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and
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an event name
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.Pq Fa ev_name
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which are used to identify the counter.
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The group name may be shared by a set of counters.
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For example, device interrupt counters would use the name of the
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device whose interrupts are being counted as the group name.
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The counter
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name is meant to distinguish the counter from others in its group
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(and need not be unique across groups).
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Both names should be understandable by users, since they are printed
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by commands like
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.Xr vmstat 1 .
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The constant
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.Dv EVCNT_STRING_MAX
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is defined to be the maximum group or event name length in
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bytes (including the trailing
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.Dv NUL ) .
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In the current implementation it is 256.
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.Pp
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To support hierarchical tracking of events, each event counter can
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name a
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.Dq parent
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event counter.
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For instance, interrupt dispatch code could have an event counter per
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interrupt line, and devices could each have counters for the number
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of interrupts that they were responsible for causing.
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In that case, the counter for a device on a given interrupt line
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would have the line's counter as its parent.
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The value
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.Dv NULL
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is used to indicate that a counter has no parent.
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A counter's parent must be attached before the counter is attached,
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and detached after the counter is detached.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn EVCNT_INITIALIZER
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macro can be used to provide a static initializer for an event
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counter structure.
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It is invoked as
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.Fn EVCNT_INITIALIZER "type" "parent" "group" "name" ,
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and its arguments will be placed into the corresponding fields of
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the event counter structure it is initializing.
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The
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.Fa group
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and
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.Fa name
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arguments must be constant strings.
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.Pp
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The following is a brief description of each function in the framework:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fn "void evcnt_attach_dynamic" "struct evcnt *ev" "int type" "const struct evcnt *parent" "const char *group" "const char *name"
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.Pp
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Attach the event counter structure pointed to by
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.Fa ev
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to the system event list.
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The event counter is cleared and its fields initialized using the
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arguments to the function call.
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The contents of the remaining elements in the structure (e.g., the
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name lengths) are calculated, and the counter is added to the
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system event list.
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.Pp
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The strings specified as the group and
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counter names must persist (with the same value)
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throughout the life of the event counter; they are referenced by,
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not copied into, the counter.
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.It Fn "void evcnt_attach_static" "struct evcnt *ev"
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.Pp
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Attach the statically-initialized event counter structure
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pointed to by
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.Fa ev
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to the system event list.
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The event counter is assumed to be statically initialized using the
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.Fn EVCNT_INITIALIZER
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macro.
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This function simply calculates structure elements' values as appropriate
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(e.g., the string lengths), and adds the counter to the system event list.
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.It Fn "void evcnt_detach" "struct evcnt *ev"
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.Pp
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Detach the event counter structure pointed to by
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.Fa ev
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from the system event list.
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.El
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.Pp
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Note that no method is provided to increment the value of an
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event counter.
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Code incrementing an event counter should do so by directly accessing its
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.Fa ev_count
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field in a manner that is known to be safe.
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For instance, additions to a device's event counters in the interrupt
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handler for that device will often be safe without additional protection
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(because interrupt handler entries for a given device have to be
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serialized).
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However, for other uses of event counters, additional locking
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or use of machine-dependent atomic operation may be appropriate.
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(The overhead of using a mechanism that is guaranteed to
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be safe to increment every counter, regardless of actual need
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for such a mechanism where the counter is being incremented,
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would be too great.
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On some systems, it might involve a global lock and several function calls.)
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.Sh USING THE FRAMEWORK
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This section includes a description on basic use of the framework
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and example usage of its functions.
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.Pp
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Device drivers can use the
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.Fn evcnt_attach_dynamic
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and
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.Fn evcnt_detach
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functions to manage device-specific event counters.
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Statically configured system modules can use
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.Fn evcnt_attach_static
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to configure global event counters.
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Similarly, loadable modules can use
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.Fn evcnt_attach_static
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to configure their global event counters,
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.Fn evcnt_attach_dynamic
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to attach device-specific event
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counters, and
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.Fn evcnt_detach
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to detach all counters when being unloaded.
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.Pp
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Device drivers that wish to use the generic event counter
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framework should place event counter structures in their
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.Dq softc
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structures.
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For example, to keep track of the number of interrupts for a given
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device (broken down further into
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.Dq device readable
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and
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.Dq device writable
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interrupts) a device driver might use:
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.Bd -literal
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struct foo_softc {
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struct device sc_dev; /* generic device information */
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[ . . . ]
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struct evcnt sc_ev_intr; /* interrupt count */
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struct evcnt sc_ev_intr_rd; /* 'readable' interrupt count */
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struct evcnt sc_ev_intr_wr; /* 'writable' interrupt count */
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[ . . . ]
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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In the device attach function, those counters would be registered with
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the system using the
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.Fn evcnt_attach_dynamic
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function, using code like:
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.Bd -literal
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void
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fooattach(parent, self, aux)
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struct device *parent, *self;
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void *aux;
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{
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struct foo_softc *sc = (struct foo_softc *)self;
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[ . . . ]
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/* Initialize and attach event counters. */
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evcnt_attach_dynamic(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_ev, EVCNT_TYPE_INTR,
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NULL, sc-\*[Gt]sc_dev.dv_xname, "intr");
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evcnt_attach_dynamic(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_ev_rd, EVCNT_TYPE_INTR,
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\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_ev, sc-\*[Gt]sc_dev.dv_xname, "intr rd");
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evcnt_attach_dynamic(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_ev_wr, EVCNT_TYPE_INTR,
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\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_ev, sc-\*[Gt]sc_dev.dv_xname, "intr wr");
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[ . . . ]
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}
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If the device can be detached from the system, its detach
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function should invoke
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.Fn evcnt_detach
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on each attached counter (making sure to detach any
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.Dq parent
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counters only after detaching all children).
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.Pp
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Code like the following might be used to initialize a static
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event counter (in this example, one used to track CPU alignment traps):
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.Bd -literal
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struct evcnt aligntrap_ev = EVCNT_INITIALIZER(EVCNT_TYPE_MISC,
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NULL, "cpu", "aligntrap")
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To attach this event counter, code like the following could be used:
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.Bd -literal
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evcnt_attach_static(\*[Am]aligntrap_ev);
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.Ed
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.Sh CODE REFERENCES
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This section describes places within the
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.Nx
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source tree where actual
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code implementing or using the event counter framework can be found.
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All pathnames are relative to
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.Pa /usr/src .
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.Pp
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The event counter framework itself is implemented within the file
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.Pa sys/kern/subr_evcnt.c .
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Data structures and function prototypes for the framework are located in
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.Pa sys/sys/device.h .
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.Pp
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Event counters are used throughout the system.
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr vmstat 1
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source file
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.Pa usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.c
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shows an example of how to access event counters from user programs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr vmstat 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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A set of interrupt counter interfaces with similar names to the interfaces
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in the
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.Nx
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generic event counter framework appeared as part
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of the new autoconfiguration system in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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Those interfaces were never widely adopted in
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.Nx
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because of limitations in their applicability.
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(Their use was limited to non-hierarchical, dynamically
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attached device interrupt counters.)
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The
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.Nx
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generic event counter framework first appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nx
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generic event counter framework was designed and implemented by
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.An Chris Demetriou
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.Aq cgd@NetBSD.org .
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