linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf_event: fix Ming's Intel NHM/WSM/SNB uncore PMU patch

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Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:38:42 +0800
From:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"andi@...stfloor.org" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"acme@...stprotocols.net" <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_event: fix Ming's Intel NHM/WSM/SNB uncore PMU
 patch

On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 20:41 +0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> The following patch sits on top of Lin Ming's patch
> which adds support for Intel uncore PMU on NHM/WSM/SNB.
> The patch series was posted on LKML in July 2011.
> 
> The patches fixes:
>   - nhm_uncore_pmu_enable_all() to also enabled the fixed uncore counters
>   - uncore_pmu_add() to schedule for the actual max number of generic counters
>   - fixed the NHM/WSM vs. SNB MSRs for the fixed counter, they are swapped 
> 
> The patch adds the following improvement:
>   - add an event group validation function, to check if a group can ever be
>     schedule. This way, the behavior is consistent with core PMU event groups.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

Can I merge this patch into my series with these change logs and your
signed-off-by?

Thanks,
Lin Ming

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