linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events aarch64: Add JSON metrics for ARM Cortex-A53 Processor

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Message-ID: <20180201205129.GC4835@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:51:29 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     William Cohen <wcohen@...hat.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        jolsa@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events aarch64: Add JSON metrics for ARM
 Cortex-A53 Processor

Em Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:12:59AM -0500, William Cohen escreveu:
> On 02/01/2018 09:43 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 10:28:13PM -0500, William Cohen escreveu:
> >> Add JSON metrics for ARM Cortex-A53 Processor
> > 
> > Hi Will, would it be possible to you include an URL for the document
> > that served as a reference to you to write these files? Did you use some
> > script?
> 
> Hi Arnaldo,
 
> I can certainly add the reference to section "12.9 Events" of the ARM
> Cortex -A53 MPCore Processor Revision: r0p4 Technical Reference Manual
> to the patch.  That would be useful for people to know where to look
> for additional information about the events.

I'll take these clarifications and add it to your patch, that I am
applying now, please let me know if you have anything else to add and
I'll ammend it if I get it before I send it upstream.
 
> Unlike the Intel processors there isn't a script that automatically
> generated these files. The patch was manually generated from the
> documentation and the previous oprofile ARM Cortex ac53 event file
> patch I made.

Thanks a lot for this extra information,

- Arnaldo