linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] arm_pmu: Remove unused PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS

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Message-Id: <20230724134500.970496-4-james.clark@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:44:58 +0100
From:   James Clark <james.clark@....com>
To:     linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, irogers@...gle.com,
        anshuman.khandual@....com, will@...nel.org
Cc:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        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>,
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        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm_pmu: Remove unused PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS capability

Since commit bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling") the
relationship between perf_event_context and PMUs has changed so that
the error scenario that PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS originally
silenced no longer exists.

Remove the capability and associated comment to avoid confusion that it
actually influences any perf core behavior. This change should be a
no-op.

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
---
 drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index 2e79201daa4a..d712a19e47ac 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -877,15 +877,12 @@ struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc(void)
 		.attr_groups	= pmu->attr_groups,
 		/*
 		 * This is a CPU PMU potentially in a heterogeneous
-		 * configuration (e.g. big.LITTLE). This is not an uncore PMU,
-		 * and we have taken ctx sharing into account (e.g. with our
-		 * pmu::filter callback and pmu::event_init group validation).
-		 *
+		 * configuration (e.g. big.LITTLE) so
 		 * PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE is required to open
 		 * PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE events on a
 		 * specific PMU.
 		 */
-		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS | PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS |
+		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS |
 				  PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE,
 	};
 
-- 
2.34.1