linux-kernel - [PATCH V3 2/4] perf/core: Assert PERF_EVENT_FLAG

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Date:   Wed,  7 Sep 2022 14:49:22 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        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>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH V3 2/4] perf/core: Assert PERF_EVENT_FLAG_ARCH does not overlap with generic flags

This just ensures that PERF_EVENT_FLAG_ARCH does not overlap with generic
hardware event flags.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 3f51fbf4a595..10e23a0f9db0 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ struct hw_perf_event_extra {
 #define PERF_EVENT_FLAG_ARCH			0x000fffff
 #define PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT		0x80000000
 
+static_assert((PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_ARCH) == 0);
+
 /**
  * struct hw_perf_event - performance event hardware details:
  */
-- 
2.25.1