linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/11] arm-cci: Define CCI counter period

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 2016 09:50:49 +0000
From:	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	arm@...nel.org, punit.agrawal@....com, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/11] arm-cci: Define CCI counter period

On 04/01/16 18:27, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:54:40AM +0000, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
>> Instead of hard coding the period we program on the PMU
>> counters, define a symbol.
>>

>> -	u64 val = 1ULL << 31;
>> -	local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, val);
>> -	pmu_write_counter(event, val);
>> +	local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, CCI_CNTR_PERIOD);
>> +	pmu_write_counter(event, CCI_CNTR_PERIOD);
>
> I think this is a little misleading (and confusing), as we're conflating
> the period with its inverse. This wouldn't work for any other value of
> CCI_CNTR_PERIOD.
>
> Perhaps s/PERIOD/START_VAL/, leaving everything else as-is?

You are right, will change it.

Cheers
Suzuki
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