linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] KVM: arm64: perf: Replace '0xf' instances with ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_IMP

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:56:03 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] KVM: arm64: perf: Replace '0xf' instances with ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_IMP_DEF

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 04:27:06 +0100,
Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com> wrote:
> 
> ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_IMP_DEF which indicate implementation defined PMU, never
> actually gets used although there are '0xf' instances scattered all around.
> Just do the macro replacement to improve readability.
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>

For some reason I don't understand, b4 doesn't want to cherry-pick
this patch from the list. I've applied it manually to
kvm-arm64/misc-5.15.

Thanks,

	M.

-- 
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.