linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] perf test: Add pmu-event test for "Compat" and new event

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Message-ID: <bbf54737-ed49-5be8-722d-85906c803410@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:12:26 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@...amperecomputing.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Zhuo Song <zhuo.song@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] perf test: Add pmu-event test for "Compat" and new
 event_field.

On 31/07/2023 13:30, Jing Zhang wrote:
>>> +        .pmu = {
>>> +            .name = (char *)"uncore_arm_cmn_0",
>>> +            .is_uncore = 1,
>>> +            .id = (char *)"43602",
>>> +        },
>>> +        .aliases = {
>>> +            &sys_cmn_pmu_hnf_cache_miss,
>>> +        },
>>> +    },
>>> +    {
>>> +        .pmu = {
>>> +            .name = (char *)"uncore_arm_cmn_1",
>> Shouldn't this match some perf_pmu_test_event entry with same matching_pmu member? But is perf_pmu_test_event.matching_pmu member ever used for any checking???
>>
> I need to double check because I was testing against 6.3-rc2.

That 6.3-rc2, was for the the kernel? Or baseline for this series? See 
see maintainers for git/branch to base perf tool dev on.

Thanks,
John