linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/9] perf pmu: Add #slots literal support for arm64

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Message-ID: <06d33eb8-d2a9-4792-fa83-c64059ab7326@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:45:05 +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 v8 1/9] perf pmu: Add #slots literal support for arm64

On 17/01/2023 07:29, Jing Zhang wrote:
> The slots in each architecture may be different, so add #slots literal
> to obtain the slots of different architectures, and the #slots can be
> applied in the metric. Currently, The #slots just support for arm64,
> and other architectures will return NAN.
> 
> On arm64, the value of slots is from the register PMMIR_EL1.SLOT, which
> I can read in /sys/bus/event_source/device/armv8_pmuv3_*/caps/slots.
> PMMIR_EL1.SLOT might read as zero if the PMU version is lower than
> ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMUVer_V3P4 or the STALL_SLOT event is not implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jing Zhang<renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>

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