linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf kvm: Use defines of kvm events

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Date:	Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:45:21 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Yarygin <yarygin@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf kvm: Use defines of kvm events

On 7/3/14, 8:29 AM, Alexander Yarygin wrote:
> Currently perf-kvm uses string literals for kvm event names,
> but it works only for x86, because other architectures may have
> other names for those events.
>
> To reduce dependence on architecture, we add <asm/kvm_perf.h> file with
> defines for:
> - kvm_entry and kvm_exit events,
> - exit reason field name in kvm_exit event,
> - length of exit reasons strings,
> - vcpu_id field name in kvm trace events,
>
> and replace literals in perf-kvm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Yarygin <yarygin@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

For perf bits, Reviewed-by David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Compiled and Tested on x86

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