linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] powerpc/perf: Define big-endian version of perf_mem_data

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:50:41 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     mpe@...erman.id.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] powerpc/perf: Define big-endian version of
 perf_mem_data_src

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 04:45:51PM +0530, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> >  - should you not have fixed this in the tool only? This patch
> >    effectively breaks ABI on big-endian architectures.
> 
> IIUC, we are the first BE user for this feature
> (Kindly correct me if I am wrong), so technically we
> are not breaking ABI here :) .  But let me also look  at
> the dynamic conversion part.

Huh? PPC hasn't yet implemented this? Then why are you fixing it?