linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers

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Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:37:44 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	acme@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, corbet@....net,
	nicolas.pitre@...aro.org
Cc:	adrian.hunter@...el.com, zhang.chunyan@...aro.org,
	mike.leach@....com, tor@...com, al.grant@....com,
	pawel.moll@....com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mathieu.poirier@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers

Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org> writes:

> +static int etm_event_pmu_start(struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> +	int cpu, ret;
> +	cpumask_t mask;
> +	struct coresight_device *csdev;
> +
> +	cpumask_clear(&mask);
> +	if (event->cpu != -1)
> +		cpumask_set_cpu(event->cpu, &mask);
> +	else
> +		cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
> +
> +	for_each_cpu(cpu, &mask) {
> +		csdev = per_cpu(csdev_src, cpu);
> +
> +		if (!source_ops(csdev)->perf_start)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		ret = source_ops(csdev)->perf_start(csdev);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto err;

So long as "perf_start" and "perf_stop" here mean
"pm_runtime_get()/put()", this can work, but in that case maybe a better
name should be used, because no real starting or stopping of anything
takes place here. Since pmu::event_init and event::destroy happen in
allocation/deallocation paths and at event scheduling, it's not a good
idea to actually start anything here.

Regards,
--
Alex
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