linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf cs-etm: Avoid printing warning in cs_etm_is

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Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2023 19:48:50 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>
Cc:     linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, al.grant@....com,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf cs-etm: Avoid printing warning in
 cs_etm_is_ete() check

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 09:48:43AM +0000, James Clark wrote:
> When checking for the presence of ETE, a register is read that may not
> be present on older kernels or if ETE isn't available. cs_etm_get_ro()
> will print a warning if it doesn't exist, so check for the existence
> first before accessing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>

Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>