linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/7] perf metric: "Compat" supports matching multiple identifiers

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2023 10:20:02 +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>, James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        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 v6 2/7] perf metric: "Compat" supports matching multiple
 identifiers

On 07/08/2023 08:51, Jing Zhang wrote:
> The jevent "Compat" is used for uncore PMU alias or metric definitions.
> 
> The same PMU driver has different PMU identifiers due to different
> hardware versions and types, but they may have some common PMU metric.
> Since a Compat value can only match one identifier, when adding the
> same metric to PMUs with different identifiers, each identifier needs
> to be defined once, which is not streamlined enough.
> 
> So let "Compat" supports matching multiple identifiers for uncore PMU
> metric.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jing Zhang<renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>