linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 01/10] iommu/riscv: add RISC-V IOMMU PMU support

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:55:21 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Zong Li <zong.li@...ive.com>
Cc: joro@...tes.org, will@...nel.org, robin.murphy@....com,
	tjeznach@...osinc.com, paul.walmsley@...ive.com, palmer@...belt.com,
	aou@...s.berkeley.edu, kevin.tian@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 01/10] iommu/riscv: add RISC-V IOMMU PMU support

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:21:47PM +0800, Zong Li wrote:
> This patch implements the RISC-V IOMMU hardware performance monitor, it
> includes the counting ans sampling mode.
> 
> Specification doesn't define the event ID for counting the number of
> clock cycles, there is no associated iohpmevt0. But we need an event for
> counting cycle in perf, reserve the maximum number of event ID for it now.

Why is this part of the nesting series?

Jason