linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/32] perf: Allow a PMU to have a parent

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Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2023 15:51:48 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/32] perf: Allow a PMU to have a parent

On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 02:41:54PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> 
> Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> to set the parent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> 

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>