linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] perf, pt: Remove software double buffering PMU capability

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Message-Id: <20190503085536.24119-3-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri,  3 May 2019 11:55:36 +0300
From:   Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jolsa@...hat.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf, pt: Remove software double buffering PMU capability

Now that all AUX allocations are high-order by default, the software
double buffering PMU capability doesn't make sense any more, get rid
of it. In case some PMUs choose to opt out, we can re-introduce it.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c | 3 +--
 include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
index fb3a2f13fc70..339d7628080c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
@@ -1525,8 +1525,7 @@ static __init int pt_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!intel_pt_validate_hw_cap(PT_CAP_topa_multiple_entries))
-		pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities =
-			PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG | PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_SW_DOUBLEBUF;
+		pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities = PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG;
 
 	pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities	|= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXCLUSIVE | PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE;
 	pt_pmu.pmu.attr_groups		 = pt_attr_groups;
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index cf023db0e8a2..15a82ff0aefe 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ struct perf_event;
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT		0x01
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_NMI			0x02
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG			0x04
-#define PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_SW_DOUBLEBUF		0x08
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_EXCLUSIVE			0x10
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE			0x20
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS		0x40
-- 
2.20.1