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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 03:38:02 +0900 From: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-sh@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>, "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...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 Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:15:48PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote: > On 04.10.10 16:44:20, 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. > > > > Matt, > > as an outcome of the discussion we have had in this thread I think we > agree on the following: > > We extend the generic perf interface with perf_pmu_name() implenting a > default with the __weak attribute. On sh we override this function > and will use it for perf/oprofile string translation. This will be > implemented in the oprofile function op_name_from_perf_name(). > > Later we implement a generic oprofile function that derives the > cpu_type from perf_pmu_name() in a generic way and add other > architectures. Thus, we will drop the ARM changes with this patch set. > > Paul, > > please correct me if I am wrong with the above. > That all sounds fine to me, thanks for summarizing! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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