perf probe: Add supported for type casting by the running kernel
Add a checking routine what types are supported by the running kernel by
finding the pattern in <debugfs>/tracing/README.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@hgst.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147151071172.12957.3340095690753291085.stgit@devbox
[ 'enum probe_type' has no negative entries, so ends up as 'unsigned', remove '< 0'
test to fix the build on at least centos:5, debian:7 & ubuntu:12.04.5 ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
index 9577b5c..eba44c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
struct list_head entries;
};
+enum probe_type {
+ PROBE_TYPE_U = 0,
+ PROBE_TYPE_S,
+ PROBE_TYPE_X,
+ PROBE_TYPE_STRING,
+ PROBE_TYPE_BITFIELD,
+ PROBE_TYPE_END,
+};
+
#define PF_FL_UPROBE 1
#define PF_FL_RW 2
#define for_each_probe_cache_entry(entry, pcache) \
@@ -54,6 +63,7 @@
struct probe_cache_entry *probe_cache__find_by_name(struct probe_cache *pcache,
const char *group, const char *event);
int probe_cache__show_all_caches(struct strfilter *filter);
+bool probe_type_is_available(enum probe_type type);
#else /* ! HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT */
static inline struct probe_cache *probe_cache__new(const char *tgt __maybe_unused)
{