perf_event_attr.c

/*
 * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
 */
struct perf_event_attr {

	/*
	 * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
	 */
	__u32			type;

	/*
	 * Size of the attr structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
	 */
	__u32			size;

	/*
	 * Type specific configuration information.
	 */
	__u64			config;

	union {
		__u64		sample_period;
		__u64		sample_freq;
	};

	__u64			sample_type;
	__u64			read_format;

	__u64			disabled       :  1, /* off by default        */
				inherit	       :  1, /* children inherit it   */
				pinned	       :  1, /* must always be on PMU */
				exclusive      :  1, /* only group on PMU     */
				exclude_user   :  1, /* don't count user      */
				exclude_kernel :  1, /* ditto kernel          */
				exclude_hv     :  1, /* ditto hypervisor      */
				exclude_idle   :  1, /* don't count when idle */
				mmap           :  1, /* include mmap data     */
				comm	       :  1, /* include comm data     */
				freq           :  1, /* use freq, not period  */
				inherit_stat   :  1, /* per task counts       */
				enable_on_exec :  1, /* next exec enables     */
				task           :  1, /* trace fork/exit       */
				watermark      :  1, /* wakeup_watermark      */
				/*
				 * precise_ip:
				 *
				 *  0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
				 *  1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
				 *  2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
				 *  3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid
				 *
				 *  See also PERF_RECORD_MISC_EXACT_IP
				 */
				precise_ip     :  2, /* skid constraint       */
				mmap_data      :  1, /* non-exec mmap data    */
				sample_id_all  :  1, /* sample_type all events */

				exclude_host   :  1, /* don't count in host   */
				exclude_guest  :  1, /* don't count in guest  */

				exclude_callchain_kernel : 1, /* exclude kernel callchains */
				exclude_callchain_user   : 1, /* exclude user callchains */

				__reserved_1   : 41;

	union {
		__u32		wakeup_events;	  /* wakeup every n events */
		__u32		wakeup_watermark; /* bytes before wakeup   */
	};

	__u32			bp_type;
	union {
		__u64		bp_addr;
		__u64		config1; /* extension of config */
	};
	union {
		__u64		bp_len;
		__u64		config2; /* extension of config1 */
	};
	__u64	branch_sample_type; /* enum perf_branch_sample_type */

	/*
	 * Defines set of user regs to dump on samples.
	 * See asm/perf_regs.h for details.
	 */
	__u64	sample_regs_user;

	/*
	 * Defines size of the user stack to dump on samples.
	 */
	__u32	sample_stack_user;

	/* Align to u64. */
	__u32	__reserved_2;
};

The manual of perf_event_open

http://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/perf_events/perf_event_open.html