This patch adds high-level documentation about the Counter subsystem
character device interface.
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter | 9 +
Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst | 236 +++++++++++++++---
.../userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 1 +
3 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
index 1820ce2f9183..8f6ea0a50b75 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ Description:
Read-only attribute that indicates whether excessive noise is
present at the channel Y counter inputs.
+What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/extensionZ_name
+What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/extensionZ_name
+What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/signalY/extensionZ_name
+KernelVersion: 5.12
+Contact: [email protected]
+Description:
+ Read-only attribute that indicates the component name of
+ Extension Z.
+
What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/function
KernelVersion: 5.2
Contact: [email protected]
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
index b842ddbbd8a0..4775dcaff557 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
@@ -223,19 +223,6 @@ whether an input line is differential or single-ended) and instead focus
on the core idea of what the data and process represent (e.g. position
as interpreted from quadrature encoding data).
-Userspace Interface
-===================
-
-Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface,
-and reside under the /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX directory, where
-counterX refers to the respective counter device. Please see
-Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter for detailed
-information on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute.
-
-Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with
-the Generic Counter paradigm Counts, Signals, and Synapses of respective
-counter devices.
-
Driver API
==========
@@ -387,16 +374,16 @@ userspace interface components::
/ driver callbacks /
-------------------
|
- +---------------+
- |
- V
- +--------------------+
- | Counter sysfs |
- +--------------------+
- | Translates to the |
- | standard Counter |
- | sysfs output |
- +--------------------+
+ +---------------+---------------+
+ | |
+ V V
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
+ | Counter sysfs | | Counter chrdev |
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
+ | Translates to the | | Translates to the |
+ | standard Counter | | standard Counter |
+ | sysfs output | | character device |
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
Thereafter, data can be transferred directly between the Counter device
driver and Counter userspace interface::
@@ -427,23 +414,30 @@ driver and Counter userspace interface::
/ u64 /
----------
|
- +---------------+
- |
- V
- +--------------------+
- | Counter sysfs |
- +--------------------+
- | Translates to the |
- | standard Counter |
- | sysfs output |
- |--------------------|
- | Type: const char * |
- | Value: "42" |
- +--------------------+
- |
- ---------------
- / const char * /
- ---------------
+ +---------------+---------------+
+ | |
+ V V
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
+ | Counter sysfs | | Counter chrdev |
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
+ | Translates to the | | Translates to the |
+ | standard Counter | | standard Counter |
+ | sysfs output | | character device |
+ |--------------------| |---------------------|
+ | Type: const char * | | Type: u64 |
+ | Value: "42" | | Value: 42 |
+ +--------------------+ +---------------------+
+ | |
+ --------------- -----------------------
+ / const char * / / struct counter_event /
+ --------------- -----------------------
+ | |
+ | V
+ | +-----------+
+ | | read |
+ | +-----------+
+ | \ Count: 42 /
+ | -----------
|
V
+--------------------------------------------------+
@@ -452,7 +446,7 @@ driver and Counter userspace interface::
\ Count: "42" /
--------------------------------------------------
-There are three primary components involved:
+There are four primary components involved:
Counter device driver
---------------------
@@ -472,3 +466,163 @@ and vice versa.
Please refer to the `Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter` file
for a detailed breakdown of the available Generic Counter interface
sysfs attributes.
+
+Counter chrdev
+--------------
+Translates counter data to the standard Counter character device; data
+is transferred via standard character device read calls, while Counter
+events are configured via ioctl calls.
+
+Sysfs Interface
+===============
+
+Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface,
+and reside under the `/sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX` directory,
+where `X` is to the respective counter device id. Please see
+`Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter` for detailed information
+on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute.
+
+Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with
+the Generic Counter paradigm Counts, Signals, and Synapses of respective
+counter devices.
+
+Counter Character Device
+========================
+
+Counter character device nodes are created under the `/dev` directory as
+`counterX`, where `X` is the respective counter device id. Defines for
+the standard Counter data types are exposed via the userspace
+`include/uapi/linux/counter.h` file.
+
+Counter events
+--------------
+Counter device drivers can support Counter events by utilizing the
+`counter_push_event` function::
+
+ int counter_push_event(struct counter_device *const counter, const u8 event,
+ const u8 channel);
+
+The event id is specified by the `event` parameter; the event channel id
+is specified by the `channel` parameter. When this function is called,
+the Counter data associated with the respective event is gathered, and a
+`struct counter_event` is generated for each datum and pushed to
+userspace.
+
+Counter events can be configured by users to report various Counter
+data of interest. This can be conceptualized as a list of Counter
+component read calls to perform. For example::
+
+ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
+ | COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW | COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX |
+ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
+ | Channel 0 | Channel 0 |
+ +------------------------+------------------------+
+ | * Count 0 | * Signal 0 |
+ | * Count 1 | * Signal 0 Extension 0 |
+ | * Signal 3 | * Extension 4 |
+ | * Count 4 Extension 2 +------------------------+
+ | * Signal 5 Extension 0 | Channel 1 |
+ | +------------------------+
+ | | * Signal 4 |
+ | | * Signal 4 Extension 0 |
+ | | * Count 7 |
+ +------------------------+------------------------+
+
+When `counter_push_event(counter, COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX, 1)` is called for
+example, it will go down the list for the `COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX` event
+channel 1 and execute the read callbacks for Signal 4, Signal 4
+Extension 0, and Count 4 -- the data returned for each is pushed to a
+kfifo as a `struct counter_event`, which userspace can retrieve via a
+standard read operation on the respective character device node.
+
+Userspace
+---------
+Userspace applications can configure Counter events via ioctl operations
+on the Counter character device node. There following ioctl codes are
+supported and provided by the `linux/counter.h` userspace header file:
+
+* COUNTER_CLEAR_WATCHES_IOCTL:
+ Clear all Counter watches from all events
+
+* COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL:
+ Add a Counter watch for the specified event
+
+* COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL:
+ Activates the Counter watches added earlier
+
+To configure events to gather Counter data, users first populate a
+`struct counter_watch` with the relevant event id, event channel id, and
+the information for the desired Counter component from which to read,
+and then pass it via the `COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL` ioctl command.
+
+Note that an event can be watched without gathering Counter data by
+setting the `component.type` member equal to `COUNTER_COMPONENT_NONE`.
+With this configuration the Counter character device will simply
+populate the event timestamps for those respective
+`struct counter_event` elements and ignore the component value.
+
+The `COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL` command will buffer these Counter watches.
+When ready, the `COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL` ioctl command may be used
+to activate these Counter watches.
+
+Userspace applications can then execute a `read` operation (optionally
+calling `poll` first) on the Counter character device node to retrieve
+`struct counter_event` elements with the desired data.
+
+For example, the following userspace code opens `/dev/counter0`,
+configures the `COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX` event channel 0 to gather Count 0
+and Count 1, and prints out the data as it becomes available on the
+character device node::
+
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <linux/counter.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+
+ struct counter_watch watches[2] = {
+ {
+ .component.type = COUNTER_COMPONENT_COUNT,
+ .component.scope = COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT,
+ .component.parent = 0,
+ .event = COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX,
+ .channel = 0,
+ },
+ {
+ .component.type = COUNTER_COMPONENT_COUNT,
+ .component.scope = COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT,
+ .component.parent = 1,
+ .event = COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX,
+ .channel = 0,
+ },
+ };
+
+ int main(void)
+ {
+ int fd;
+ struct counter_event event_data[2];
+
+ fd = open("/dev/counter0", O_RDWR);
+
+ ioctl(fd, COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL, watches);
+ ioctl(fd, COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL, watches + 1);
+ ioctl(fd, COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ read(fd, event_data, sizeof(event_data));
+
+ printf("Timestamp 0: %llu\tCount 0: %llu\n"
+ "Error Message 0: %s\n"
+ "Timestamp 1: %llu\tCount 1: %llu\n"
+ "Error Message 1: %s\n",
+ (unsigned long long)event_data[0].timestamp,
+ (unsigned long long)event_data[0].value,
+ strerror(event_data[0].errno),
+ (unsigned long long)event_data[1].timestamp,
+ (unsigned long long)event_data[1].value,
+ strerror(event_data[1].errno));
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+ }
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 55a2d9b2ce33..b7761ceb82a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
<http://infiniband.sourceforge.net/>
0x20 all drivers/cdrom/cm206.h
0x22 all scsi/sg.h
+0x3E 00-0F linux/counter.h <mailto:[email protected]>
'!' 00-1F uapi/linux/seccomp.h
'#' 00-3F IEEE 1394 Subsystem
Block for the entire subsystem
--
2.29.2
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:15:37 -0500
William Breathitt Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> This patch adds high-level documentation about the Counter subsystem
> character device interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter | 9 +
> Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst | 236 +++++++++++++++---
> .../userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
> index 1820ce2f9183..8f6ea0a50b75 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
> @@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ Description:
> Read-only attribute that indicates whether excessive noise is
> present at the channel Y counter inputs.
>
> +What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/extensionZ_name
> +What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/extensionZ_name
> +What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/signalY/extensionZ_name
> +KernelVersion: 5.12
> +Contact: [email protected]
> +Description:
> + Read-only attribute that indicates the component name of
> + Extension Z.
Dumb question, but why is this only related to character device introduction?
> +
> What: /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/function
> KernelVersion: 5.2
> Contact: [email protected]
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> index b842ddbbd8a0..4775dcaff557 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> @@ -223,19 +223,6 @@ whether an input line is differential or single-ended) and instead focus
> on the core idea of what the data and process represent (e.g. position
> as interpreted from quadrature encoding data).
>
> -Userspace Interface
> -===================
> -
> -Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface,
> -and reside under the /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX directory, where
> -counterX refers to the respective counter device. Please see
> -Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter for detailed
> -information on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute.
> -
> -Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with
> -the Generic Counter paradigm Counts, Signals, and Synapses of respective
> -counter devices.
> -
> Driver API
> ==========
>
> @@ -387,16 +374,16 @@ userspace interface components::
> / driver callbacks /
> -------------------
> |
> - +---------------+
> - |
> - V
> - +--------------------+
> - | Counter sysfs |
> - +--------------------+
> - | Translates to the |
> - | standard Counter |
> - | sysfs output |
> - +--------------------+
> + +---------------+---------------+
> + | |
> + V V
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
> + | Counter sysfs | | Counter chrdev |
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
> + | Translates to the | | Translates to the |
> + | standard Counter | | standard Counter |
> + | sysfs output | | character device |
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
>
> Thereafter, data can be transferred directly between the Counter device
> driver and Counter userspace interface::
> @@ -427,23 +414,30 @@ driver and Counter userspace interface::
> / u64 /
> ----------
> |
> - +---------------+
> - |
> - V
> - +--------------------+
> - | Counter sysfs |
> - +--------------------+
> - | Translates to the |
> - | standard Counter |
> - | sysfs output |
> - |--------------------|
> - | Type: const char * |
> - | Value: "42" |
> - +--------------------+
> - |
> - ---------------
> - / const char * /
> - ---------------
> + +---------------+---------------+
> + | |
> + V V
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
> + | Counter sysfs | | Counter chrdev |
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
> + | Translates to the | | Translates to the |
> + | standard Counter | | standard Counter |
> + | sysfs output | | character device |
> + |--------------------| |---------------------|
> + | Type: const char * | | Type: u64 |
> + | Value: "42" | | Value: 42 |
> + +--------------------+ +---------------------+
> + | |
> + --------------- -----------------------
> + / const char * / / struct counter_event /
> + --------------- -----------------------
> + | |
> + | V
> + | +-----------+
> + | | read |
> + | +-----------+
> + | \ Count: 42 /
> + | -----------
> |
> V
> +--------------------------------------------------+
> @@ -452,7 +446,7 @@ driver and Counter userspace interface::
> \ Count: "42" /
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> -There are three primary components involved:
> +There are four primary components involved:
>
> Counter device driver
> ---------------------
> @@ -472,3 +466,163 @@ and vice versa.
> Please refer to the `Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter` file
> for a detailed breakdown of the available Generic Counter interface
> sysfs attributes.
> +
> +Counter chrdev
> +--------------
> +Translates counter data to the standard Counter character device; data
> +is transferred via standard character device read calls, while Counter
> +events are configured via ioctl calls.
> +
> +Sysfs Interface
> +===============
> +
> +Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface,
> +and reside under the `/sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX` directory,
> +where `X` is to the respective counter device id. Please see
> +`Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter` for detailed information
> +on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute.
> +
> +Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with
> +the Generic Counter paradigm Counts, Signals, and Synapses of respective
> +counter devices.
> +
> +Counter Character Device
> +========================
> +
> +Counter character device nodes are created under the `/dev` directory as
> +`counterX`, where `X` is the respective counter device id. Defines for
> +the standard Counter data types are exposed via the userspace
> +`include/uapi/linux/counter.h` file.
> +
> +Counter events
> +--------------
> +Counter device drivers can support Counter events by utilizing the
> +`counter_push_event` function::
> +
> + int counter_push_event(struct counter_device *const counter, const u8 event,
> + const u8 channel);
> +
> +The event id is specified by the `event` parameter; the event channel id
> +is specified by the `channel` parameter. When this function is called,
> +the Counter data associated with the respective event is gathered, and a
> +`struct counter_event` is generated for each datum and pushed to
> +userspace.
> +
> +Counter events can be configured by users to report various Counter
> +data of interest. This can be conceptualized as a list of Counter
> +component read calls to perform. For example::
> +
> + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
> + | COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW | COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX |
> + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
> + | Channel 0 | Channel 0 |
> + +------------------------+------------------------+
> + | * Count 0 | * Signal 0 |
> + | * Count 1 | * Signal 0 Extension 0 |
> + | * Signal 3 | * Extension 4 |
> + | * Count 4 Extension 2 +------------------------+
> + | * Signal 5 Extension 0 | Channel 1 |
> + | +------------------------+
> + | | * Signal 4 |
> + | | * Signal 4 Extension 0 |
> + | | * Count 7 |
> + +------------------------+------------------------+
> +
> +When `counter_push_event(counter, COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX, 1)` is called for
> +example, it will go down the list for the `COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX` event
> +channel 1 and execute the read callbacks for Signal 4, Signal 4
> +Extension 0, and Count 4 -- the data returned for each is pushed to a
> +kfifo as a `struct counter_event`, which userspace can retrieve via a
> +standard read operation on the respective character device node.
> +
> +Userspace
> +---------
> +Userspace applications can configure Counter events via ioctl operations
> +on the Counter character device node. There following ioctl codes are
> +supported and provided by the `linux/counter.h` userspace header file:
> +
> +* COUNTER_CLEAR_WATCHES_IOCTL:
> + Clear all Counter watches from all events
> +
> +* COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL:
> + Add a Counter watch for the specified event
> +
> +* COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL:
> + Activates the Counter watches added earlier
> +
> +To configure events to gather Counter data, users first populate a
> +`struct counter_watch` with the relevant event id, event channel id, and
> +the information for the desired Counter component from which to read,
> +and then pass it via the `COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL` ioctl command.
> +
> +Note that an event can be watched without gathering Counter data by
> +setting the `component.type` member equal to `COUNTER_COMPONENT_NONE`.
> +With this configuration the Counter character device will simply
> +populate the event timestamps for those respective
> +`struct counter_event` elements and ignore the component value.
> +
> +The `COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL` command will buffer these Counter watches.
> +When ready, the `COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL` ioctl command may be used
> +to activate these Counter watches.
> +
> +Userspace applications can then execute a `read` operation (optionally
> +calling `poll` first) on the Counter character device node to retrieve
> +`struct counter_event` elements with the desired data.
> +
> +For example, the following userspace code opens `/dev/counter0`,
> +configures the `COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX` event channel 0 to gather Count 0
> +and Count 1, and prints out the data as it becomes available on the
> +character device node::
> +
> + #include <fcntl.h>
> + #include <linux/counter.h>
> + #include <stdio.h>
> + #include <string.h>
> + #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> + #include <unistd.h>
> +
> + struct counter_watch watches[2] = {
> + {
> + .component.type = COUNTER_COMPONENT_COUNT,
> + .component.scope = COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT,
> + .component.parent = 0,
> + .event = COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX,
> + .channel = 0,
> + },
> + {
> + .component.type = COUNTER_COMPONENT_COUNT,
> + .component.scope = COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT,
> + .component.parent = 1,
> + .event = COUNTER_EVENT_INDEX,
> + .channel = 0,
> + },
> + };
> +
> + int main(void)
> + {
> + int fd;
> + struct counter_event event_data[2];
> +
> + fd = open("/dev/counter0", O_RDWR);
> +
> + ioctl(fd, COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL, watches);
> + ioctl(fd, COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL, watches + 1);
> + ioctl(fd, COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL);
> +
> + for (;;) {
> + read(fd, event_data, sizeof(event_data));
> +
> + printf("Timestamp 0: %llu\tCount 0: %llu\n"
> + "Error Message 0: %s\n"
> + "Timestamp 1: %llu\tCount 1: %llu\n"
> + "Error Message 1: %s\n",
> + (unsigned long long)event_data[0].timestamp,
> + (unsigned long long)event_data[0].value,
> + strerror(event_data[0].errno),
> + (unsigned long long)event_data[1].timestamp,
> + (unsigned long long)event_data[1].value,
> + strerror(event_data[1].errno));
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> + }
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> index 55a2d9b2ce33..b7761ceb82a7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
> <http://infiniband.sourceforge.net/>
> 0x20 all drivers/cdrom/cm206.h
> 0x22 all scsi/sg.h
> +0x3E 00-0F linux/counter.h <mailto:[email protected]>
> '!' 00-1F uapi/linux/seccomp.h
> '#' 00-3F IEEE 1394 Subsystem
> Block for the entire subsystem
On 12/25/20 6:15 PM, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> +Userspace
> +---------
> +Userspace applications can configure Counter events via ioctl operations
> +on the Counter character device node. There following ioctl codes are
> +supported and provided by the `linux/counter.h` userspace header file:
> +
> +* COUNTER_CLEAR_WATCHES_IOCTL:
> + Clear all Counter watches from all events
> +
> +* COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL:
> + Add a Counter watch for the specified event
> +
> +* COUNTER_LOAD_WATCHES_IOCTL:
> + Activates the Counter watches added earlier
Would it make more sense to call the last and first ones
COUNTER_ENABLE_EVENTS_IOCTL and COUNTER_DISABLE_EVENTS_IOCTL?
In any case, more explanation would be helpful.
* COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL:
Queues a Counter watch for the specified event. The queued watches
will not be applied until COUNTER_ENABLE_EVENTS_IOCTL is called.
* COUNTER_ENABLE_EVENTS_IOCTL:
Enables monitoring the events specified by the Counter watches that were
queued by COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL. If events are already enabled, the new
set of watches replaces the old one. Calling this ioctl also has the
effect of clearing the queue of watches added by COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL.
* COUNTER_DISABLE_EVENTS_IOCTL:
Stops monitoring the previously enabled events.
> +
> +To configure events to gather Counter data, users first populate a
> +`struct counter_watch` with the relevant event id, event channel id, and
> +the information for the desired Counter component from which to read,
> +and then pass it via the `COUNTER_ADD_WATCH_IOCTL` ioctl command.
for restructured text, two backticks are needed for ``code`` formatting