linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/10] perf: Add perf_event

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Message-ID: <20250520114422.GP412060@e132581.arm.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 12:44:22 +0100
From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
To: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] perf: Add perf_event_attr::config4

On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 12:41:38PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> Arm FEAT_SPE_FDS adds the ability to filter on the data source of a
> packet using another 64-bits of event filtering control. As the existing
> perf_event_attr::configN fields are all used up for SPE PMU, an
> additional field is needed. Add a new 'config4' field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>

> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 5fc753c23734..c7c2b1d4ad28 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6	120	/* add: aux_sample_size */
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7	128	/* add: sig_data */
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8	136	/* add: config3 */
> +#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER9	144	/* add: config4 */
>  
>  /*
>   * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
> @@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
>  	__u64	sig_data;
>  
>  	__u64	config3; /* extension of config2 */
> +	__u64	config4; /* extension of config3 */
>  };
>  
>  /*
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>