linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] perf pmus: Simplify perf_pmus__find_core

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Message-ID: <b1c47465-013e-f5bd-e2db-8764ac0cab80@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:40:41 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, irogers@...gle.com,
        acme@...nel.org
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.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>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Haixin Yu <yuhaixin.yhx@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] perf pmus: Simplify perf_pmus__find_core_pmu()

On 13/09/2023 16:33, James Clark wrote:
> Currently the while loop always either exits on the first iteration with
> a core PMU, or exits with NULL on heterogeneous systems or when not all
> CPUs are online.
> 
> Both of the latter behaviors are undesirable for platforms other than
> Arm so simplify it to always return the first core PMU, or NULL if none
> exist.
> 
> This behavior was depended on by the Arm version of
> pmu_metrics_table__find(), so the logic has been moved there instead.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>

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