linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: qcom_l2: fix column exclusion check

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:27:11 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     "Leeder, Neil" <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: qcom_l2: fix column exclusion check

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 03:43:54PM -0400, Leeder, Neil wrote:
> On 7/25/2017 1:01 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 05:17:02PM -0400, Neil Leeder wrote:
> >> The check for column exclusion did not verify that the event being
> >> checked was an L2 event, and not a software event.
> >> Software events should not be checked for column exclusion.
> >> This resulted in a group with both software and L2 events sometimes
> >> incorrectly rejecting the L2 event for column exclusion and
> >> not counting it.
> >>
> >> Add a check for PMU type before applying column exclusion logic.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
> > 
> > This looks correct, so:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> > 
> > Should this have:
> > 
> > Fixes: 21bdbb7102edeaeb ("perf: add qcom l2 cache perf events driver")
> > 
> > ... ?
> > 
> Thanks. I'll re-post with the Fixes tag.

No need, I'll pick it up and add it when I apply.

Cheers,

Will