linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64/perf: Extend event mask for ARMv8.1

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Message-ID: <56AB9AD2.8080903@caviumnetworks.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:01:06 -0800
From:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
To:	Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
CC:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64/perf: Extend event mask for ARMv8.1

Jan,

There was already a "[PATCH v2 5/5]" that differs from this one.

Perhaps you should resend the entire patch set and mark it v3.

Thanks,
David Daney


On 01/29/2016 12:29 AM, Jan Glauber wrote:
> ARMv8.1 increases the PMU event number space. Detect the
> presence of this PMUv3 type and extend the event mask.
>
> The event mask is moved to struct arm_pmu so different event masks
> can exist, depending on the PMU type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c     |  6 ++++--
>   arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c     | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>   arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c |  4 +++-
>   arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c      | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
>   drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c              |  5 +++--
>   include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h        |  4 ++--
>   6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v6.c
> index 09413e7..d6769f5 100644