linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf pmu: Add override support for event list CPUID

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Date:   Tue, 4 Oct 2016 01:15:42 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ak@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jolsa@...hat.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, acme@...hat.com,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf pmu: Add override support for event list
 CPUID

Commit-ID:  fc06e2a5aad9fcf7efaabd7550ac31f648d2f2bc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/fc06e2a5aad9fcf7efaabd7550ac31f648d2f2bc
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:24:46 -0700
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 21:35:46 -0300

perf pmu: Add override support for event list CPUID

Add a PERF_CPUID variable to override the CPUID of the current CPU
(within the current architecture). This is useful for testing, so that
all event lists can be tested on a single system.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-10-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 9dc3506..79242cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -501,10 +501,16 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head)
 	struct pmu_event *pe;
 	char *cpuid;
 
-	cpuid = get_cpuid_str();
+	cpuid = getenv("PERF_CPUID");
+	if (cpuid)
+		cpuid = strdup(cpuid);
+	if (!cpuid)
+		cpuid = get_cpuid_str();
 	if (!cpuid)
 		return;
 
+	pr_debug("Using CPUID %s\n", cpuid);
+
 	i = 0;
 	while (1) {
 		map = &pmu_events_map[i++];