linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/3] Tidy user rdpmc documentation and testing

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:39:43 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/3] Tidy user rdpmc documentation and testing

libperf's perf_mmap__read_self and the addition of arm64 support mean
that the perf_event.h and the rdpmc perf test have become
stale. Refresh the documentation in perf_event.h, remove the x86 rdpmc
test and port the libperf test as a non-architecture specific test.

A comment is added to perf_event.h to avoid a divide by zero when
scaling counts if the running time is 0. This was previously discussed
in this thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAP-5=fVRdqvswtyQMg5cB+ntTGda+SAYskjTQednEH-AeZo13g@mail.gmail.com/

v3. Incorporates fixes from Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> to make the
    perf_event.h comments better. It drops the already merged sanitizer fix.
v2. Alters the skip in test_stat_user_read for open to always be a
    skip as perf_event_open may fail with EACCES (permissions), ENOSYS
    (not supported) and ENOENT (hypervisor). Adds Rob Herring's
    acked-by on patch 3.

Ian Rogers (3):
  perf: Align user space counter reading with code
  perf test: Remove x86 rdpmc test
  perf test: Add user space counter reading tests

 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h        |  35 +++--
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h  |  35 +++--
 tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build        |   1 -
 tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c |   2 -
 tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c      | 182 -------------------------
 tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c          | 127 ++++++++++++++++-
 6 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 212 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c

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