linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 07/11] arm-cci: Add routines to save/restore all counters

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Message-ID: <20160111105006.GF6499@leverpostej>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:50:07 +0000
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....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 07/11] arm-cci: Add routines to save/restore all
 counters

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:54:46AM +0000, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> Adds helper routines to disable the counter controls for
> all the counters on the CCI PMU and restore it back, by
> preserving the original state in caller provided mask.
> 
> Cc: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/bus/arm-cci.c |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> index a3938ef..2f1fcf0 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> @@ -672,6 +672,44 @@ static void pmu_set_event(struct cci_pmu *cci_pmu, int idx, unsigned long event)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> + * For all counters on the CCI-PMU, disable any 'enabled' counters,
> + * saving the changed counters in the mask, so that we can restore
> + * it later using pmu_restore_counters. The mask is private to the
> + * caller. We cannot rely on the used_mask maintained by the CCI_PMU
> + * as it only tells us if the counter is assigned to perf_event or not.
> + * The state of the perf_event cannot be locked by the PMU layer, hence
> + * we check the individual counter status (which can be locked by
> + * cci_pm->hw_events->pmu_lock).
> + *
> + * @mask should be initialised by the caller.

We should probably state "initialised to zero", or "empty".

> + */
> +static void __maybe_unused
> +pmu_save_counters(struct cci_pmu *cci_pmu, unsigned long *mask)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < cci_pmu->num_cntrs; i++) {
> +		if (pmu_counter_is_enabled(cci_pmu, i)) {
> +			set_bit(i, mask);
> +			pmu_disable_counter(cci_pmu, i);
> +		}
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Restore the status of the counters. Reversal of the pmu_disable_counters().
> + * For each counter set in the mask, enable the counter back.
> + */

Shouldn't that say pmu_save_counters?

With that:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Mark.

> +static void __maybe_unused
> +pmu_restore_counters(struct cci_pmu *cci_pmu, unsigned long *mask)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for_each_set_bit(i, mask, cci_pmu->num_cntrs)
> +		pmu_enable_counter(cci_pmu, i);
> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * Returns the number of programmable counters actually implemented
>   * by the cci
>   */
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
>