perf_counter: rework ioctl()s
Corey noticed that ioctl()s on grouped counters didn't work on the whole group. This extends the ioctl() interface to take a second argument that is interpreted as a flags field. We then provide PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP to toggle the behaviour. Having this flag gives the greatest flexibility, allowing you to individually enable/disable/reset counters in a group, or all together. [ Impact: fix group counter enable/disable semantics ] Reported-by: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> LKML-Reference: <20090508170028.837558214@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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