linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] perf: arm64: Support for Hisilicon SoC Hardware event counters

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:43:11 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Anurup M <anurupvasu@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] perf: arm64: Support for Hisilicon SoC Hardware
 event counters

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 01:47:52AM -0500, Anurup M wrote:
> ToDo:
> 1) The counter overflow handling is currently unsupported in this
>    patch series.

>From a quick scan of the patches, I see mention of an interrupt in a
comment the driver, but there's noething in the DT binding.

Is there an overflow interrupt at all?

Or do you need to implement polling to avoid overflow?

This is a prerequisite for merging the driver.

Thanks,
Mark.