linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop event_type and rename "struct kvm_event_hw_type

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Message-ID: <167477056207.187359.3952314052374339122.b4-ty@google.com>
Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:07:16 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop event_type and rename "struct kvm_event_hw_type_mapping"

On Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:20:48 +0800, Like Xu wrote:
> After commit ("02791a5c362b KVM: x86/pmu: Use PERF_TYPE_RAW
> to merge reprogram_{gp,fixed}counter()"), vPMU starts to directly
> use the hardware event eventsel and unit_mask to reprogram perf_event,
> and the event_type field in the "struct kvm_event_hw_type_mapping"
> is simply no longer being used.
> 
> After discarding this field, the name of the structure also lost
> its mapping semantics, renaming it "struct kvm_pmu_hw_event" and
> reorganizing the comments to continue to help newcomers.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 pmu, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86/pmu: Drop event_type and rename "struct kvm_event_hw_type_mapping"
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4996f87f9385

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