linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/6] perf/core: Adding PMU driver specific configuration

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Message-ID: <20160804165951.GU6862@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2016 18:59:51 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/6] perf/core: Adding PMU driver specific
 configuration

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 03:42:18PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> This patch somewhat mimics the work done on address filters to
> add the infrastructure needed to pass PMU specific HW
> configuration to the driver before a session starts.

I'm thinking we want to specify a syntax and validate the string matches
the syntax in the generic code.