in kernel/perf_event.c [690:715]
static int alpha_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
int err;
/* does not support taken branch sampling */
if (has_branch_stack(event))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
switch (event->attr.type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
break;
default:
return -ENOENT;
}
if (!alpha_pmu)
return -ENODEV;
/* Do the real initialisation work. */
err = __hw_perf_event_init(event);
return err;
}