linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/4] drivers/nvdimm: Add perf interface to expose nvdimm performance stats

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Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 12:13:00 +0530
From:   kajoljain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mpe@...erman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, santosh@...six.org,
        aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com, vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, ira.weiny@...el.com,
        atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] drivers/nvdimm: Add perf interface to expose nvdimm
 performance stats



On 5/14/21 5:17 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 05:56:14PM +0530, kajoljain wrote:
> 
>> But yes the current read/add/del functions are not adding value. We
>> could  add an arch/platform specific function which could handle the
>> capturing of the counter data and do the rest of the operation here,
>> is this approach better?
> 
> Right; have your register_nvdimm_pmu() set pmu->{add,del,read} to
> nd_pmu->{add,del,read} directly, don't bother with these intermediates.
> Also you can WARN_ON_ONCE() if any of them are NULL and fail
> registration at that point.
> 

Hi Peter,
    I will make all required changes and send next version of this patchset soon.

Thanks,
Kajol Jain