linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf: New helper function for pmu name

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Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:10:57 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf: New helper function for pmu name

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:44:20PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> Introduce perf_pmu_name() helper function that returns the name of the
> pmu. This gives us a generic way to get the name of a pmu regardless of
> how an architecture identifies it internally, e.g. ARM uses an id
> whereas SH currently uses a string.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>

This looks fine too. Later we can see about switching the SH case over to
CPU subtype IDs, but it doesn't matter for now.

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
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