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+/*
+ * Nest Performance Monitor counter support for POWER8 processors.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Madhavan Srinivasan, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <asm/opal.h>
+
+#define P8_NEST_MAX_CHIPS		32
+#define P8_NEST_MAX_PMUS		32
+#define P8_NEST_MAX_PMU_NAME_LEN	256
+#define P8_NEST_MAX_EVENTS_SUPPORTED	256
+#define P8_NEST_ENGINE_START		1
+#define P8_NEST_ENGINE_STOP		0
+
+/*
+ * Structure to hold per chip specific memory address
+ * information for nest pmus. Nest Counter data are exported
+ * in per-chip reserved memory region by the PORE Engine.
+ */
+struct perchip_nest_info {
+	uint32_t chip_id;
+	uint64_t pbase;
+	uint64_t vbase;
+	uint32_t size;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Place holder for nest pmu events and values.
+ */
+struct nest_ima_events {
+	const char *ev_name;
+	const char *ev_value;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Device tree parser code detects nest pmu support and
+ * registers new nest pmus. This structure will
+ * hold the pmu functions and attrs for each nest pmu and
+ * will be referenced at the time of pmu registration.
+ */
+struct nest_pmu {
+	struct pmu pmu;
+	const struct attribute_group *attr_groups[4];
+};