linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] perf: Add perf_event

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqJMxEWhqZV=yqG15zvEHrBTwRVfHA6zptu2TswxRMSR0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:37:28 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] perf: Add perf_event_attr::config3

On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 10:49 AM Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:55:07AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > Arm SPEv1.2 adds another 64-bits of event filtering control. As the
> > existing perf_event_attr::configN fields are all used up for SPE PMU, an
> > additional field is needed. Add a new 'config3' field.
> >
> > Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > v3:
> >  - No change
> > v2:
> >  - Drop tools/ side update
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > index 85be78e0e7f6..b2b1d7b54097 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER5  112     /* add: aux_watermark */
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6  120     /* add: aux_sample_size */
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7  128     /* add: sig_data */
> > +#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8  136     /* add: config3 */
> >
> >  /*
> >   * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
> > @@ -515,6 +516,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
> >        * truncated accordingly on 32 bit architectures.
> >        */
> >       __u64   sig_data;
> > +
> > +     __u64   config3; /* extension of config2 */
>
> I need an ack from the perf core maintainers before I can take this.

Peter, Arnaldo, Ingo,

Can I get an ack on this please.

Rob