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    perf counters: add support for group counters · 04289bb9
    Ingo Molnar authored
    Impact: add group counters
    
    This patch adds the "counter groups" abstraction.
    
    Groups of counters behave much like normal 'single' counters, with a
    few semantic and behavioral extensions on top of that.
    
    A counter group is created by creating a new counter with the open()
    syscall's group-leader group_fd file descriptor parameter pointing
    to another, already existing counter.
    
    Groups of counters are scheduled in and out in one atomic group, and
    they are also roundrobin-scheduled atomically.
    
    Counters that are member of a group can also record events with an
    (atomic) extended timestamp that extends to all members of the group,
    if the record type is set to PERF_RECORD_GROUP.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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