linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 5/5] perf arm-spe: Use SPE data source for neoverse cores

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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:59:34 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Ali Saidi <alisaidi@...zon.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, german.gomez@....com,
        acme@...nel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org, Nick.Forrington@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, andrew.kilroy@....com,
        james.clark@....com, john.garry@...wei.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
        kjain@...ux.ibm.com, lihuafei1@...wei.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, mingo@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, will@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 5/5] perf arm-spe: Use SPE data source for neoverse
 cores

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 01:59:37PM +0000, Ali Saidi wrote:
> When synthesizing data from SPE, augment the type with source information
> for Arm Neoverse cores. The field is IMPLDEF but the Neoverse cores all use
> the same encoding. I can't find encoding information for any other SPE
> implementations to unify their choices with Arm's thus that is left for
> future work.
> 
> This change populates the mem_lvl_num for Neoverse cores as well as the
> deprecated mem_lvl namespace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ali Saidi <alisaidi@...zon.com>

I tested this patch and also did the integration testing with perf ć2c
tool, this patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>

James, German, it's better if this patch set can get the green light
from you.  So please take a look, thanks!

Leo