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    perf script: Add 'synth' event type for synthesized events · 1405720d
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    Instruction trace decoders such as Intel PT may have additional information
    recorded in the trace. For example, Intel PT has power information and a
    there is a new instruction 'ptwrite' that can write a value into a PTWRITE
    trace packet.
    
    Such information may be associated with an IP and so can be treated as a
    sample (PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE). Custom data can be incorporated in the
    sample as raw_data (PERF_SAMPLE_RAW).
    
    However a means of identifying the raw data format is needed. That will
    be done by synthesizing an attribute for it.
    
    So add an attribute type for custom synthesized events.  Different
    synthesized events will be identified by the attribute 'config'.
    
    Committer notes:
    
    Start those PERF_TYPE_ after the PMU range, i.e. after (INT_MAX + 1U),
    i.e. after perf_pmu_register() -> idr_alloc(end=0).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1498040239-32418-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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