linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] perf tool: Introduce arch-specific supplemental perf open strerror capability

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Message-ID: <20171024133535.GC13445@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:35:35 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        mark.rutland@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, robh@...nel.org,
        suzuki.poulose@....com, pawel.moll@....com,
        mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] perf tool: Introduce arch-specific supplemental perf
 open strerror capability

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:04:04AM -0500, Kim Phillips wrote:
> Introduce new tools/perf/arch/*/util/evsel.c:perf_evsel__suppl_strerror()
> so each arch can start to customize usability for its h/w PMU drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build   |  1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c          | 21 +++++++++++++++------
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.h          |  2 ++
>  4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c

This looks sensible to me, although it's difficult to justify all of the
parameters to perf_evsel__suppl_strerror judging by this patch alone.

Will