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diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 6048650f8c1d..46a3974eb4fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -212,17 +212,26 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
*/
u64 sample_period;
- /*
- * The period we started this sample with.
- */
- u64 last_period;
+ union {
+ struct { /* Sampling */
+ /*
+ * The period we started this sample with.
+ */
+ u64 last_period;
- /*
- * However much is left of the current period; note that this is
- * a full 64bit value and allows for generation of periods longer
- * than hardware might allow.
- */
- local64_t period_left;
+ /*
+ * However much is left of the current period;
+ * note that this is a full 64bit value and
+ * allows for generation of periods longer
+ * than hardware might allow.
+ */
+ local64_t period_left;
+ };
+ struct { /* Topdown events counting for context switch */
+ u64 saved_metric;
+ u64 saved_slots;
+ };
+ };
/*
* State for throttling the event, see __perf_event_overflow() and