linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Add metrics for neoverse-n2-v2

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Message-ID: <d33086a5-233f-f591-c9da-5f1a2e8aaf54@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:59:08 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@...ux.intel.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        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>,
        Andrew Kilroy <andrew.kilroy@....com>,
        Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Zhuo Song <zhuo.song@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Add metrics for neoverse-n2-v2

On 13/01/2023 09:22, Jing Zhang wrote:
> Changes since v6:
> - Split patch #1 into 3 smaller patches as suggested by Ian.
> - Change perf_pmu__get_slots into perf_pmu__cpu_slots_per_cycle,
>    per John's suggestion;
> - Return NAN instead of 0 in perf_pmu__cpu_slots_per_cycle weak
>    function, per John's suggestion;
> - Factor out pmu_core__find_same function, per John's suggestion.
> - Link:https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lore.kernel.org/all/1673017529-1429208-1-git-send-email-renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!LhBq67uDCOsz1k7ZF4aQPHF0Bp8FsMr-ZNgCnBSUKF4qJTFODfnkId7lw_NXqB4qZUCpu-jbY8z8LTckoqFGz2Q8bA$  

This looks fine. But for this code:

On 13/01/2023 09:22, Jing Zhang wrote:
 > +double perf_pmu__cpu_slots_per_cycle(void)
 > +{
 > +	char path[PATH_MAX];
 > +	unsigned long long slots = 0;

I would prefer if this returned NAN (and not 0) for when we can't find a 
pmu or the value from ./caps/slots is zero, but I am not going to get 
too hung up on that.

For series:

Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>