tools/perf/util/topdown.c

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

tools/perf/util/topdown.c

Extension

.c

Size

177 bytes

Lines

9

Domain

Support Tooling And Documentation

Bucket

tools

Inferred role

Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

• Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• topdown.h
• linux/kernel.h

Detected Declarations

• function arch_topdown_sample_read

Annotated Snippet

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include "topdown.h"
#include <linux/kernel.h>

__weak bool arch_topdown_sample_read(struct evsel *leader __maybe_unused)
{
	return false;
}

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `topdown.h`, `linux/kernel.h`.
• Detected declarations: `function arch_topdown_sample_read`.
• Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.