linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] drivers/perf: hisi: Extend the field of tt

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Message-ID: <aNPTwxnlXGbazFLR@willie-the-truck>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:19:31 +0100
From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...wei.com>
Cc: Yushan Wang <wangyushan12@...wei.com>, Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com,
	yangyicong@...ilicon.com, mark.rutland@....com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] drivers/perf: hisi: Extend the field of tt_core

On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 03:31:15PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_l3c_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_l3c_pmu.c
> index bbd81a43047d..a52d98f1ed34 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_l3c_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_l3c_pmu.c
> @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
>  #define L3C_V2_NR_EVENTS	0xFF
> 
>  HISI_PMU_EVENT_ATTR_EXTRACTOR(ext, config, 17, 16);
> +/*
> + * Remain the config1:0-7 for backward compatibility if some existing users
> + * hardcode the config1:0-7 directly without parsing the sysfs attribute.
> + */
> +HISI_PMU_EVENT_ATTR_EXTRACTOR(tt_core_deprecated, config1, 7, 0);
>  HISI_PMU_EVENT_ATTR_EXTRACTOR(tt_req, config1, 10, 8);
>  HISI_PMU_EVENT_ATTR_EXTRACTOR(datasrc_cfg, config1, 15, 11);
>  HISI_PMU_EVENT_ATTR_EXTRACTOR(datasrc_skt, config1, 16, 16);
> @@ -95,6 +100,21 @@ static bool support_ext(struct hisi_l3c_pmu *pmu)
>  	return l3c_pmu_ext->support_ext;
>  }
> 
> +/*
> + * tt_core was extended to cover all the CPUs sharing the L3 and was moved from
> + * config1:0-7 to config2:0-*. Try it first and fallback to tt_core_deprecated
> + * if user's still using the deprecated one.
> + */
> +static u32 hisi_l3c_pmu_get_tt_core(struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> +	u32 core = hisi_get_tt_core(event);
> +
> +	if (core)
> +		return core;
> +
> +	return hisi_get_tt_core_deprecated(event);
> +}

Perhaps we should be stricter about this and fail validation for events
that specify both a non-zero tt_core and a non-zero tt_core_deprecated?

Will