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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:19:25 +0000
From: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] perf: arm_spe: Armv8.8 SPE features
On 20/11/2025 1:54 am, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 11:37:54AM +0000, James Clark wrote:
>> Support SPE_FEAT_FDS data source filtering.
>
> What's the state of this series? I can merge the tools part (3, 4, 5)
> once the kernel part lands somewhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
>
The SPE driver part was blocked on Peter's ack for the config4 change.
He's given it now so Will should be able to take the driver.
Thanks
James
>>
>> ---
>> Changes in v10:
>> - Pick up Peter's ack
>> - Slightly clarify commit message regarding the difference between the
>> data source filter and the data source
>> - Link to v9: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251029-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v9-0-d22536b9cf94@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v9:
>> - Fix another typo in docs: s/data_src_filter/inv_data_src_filter/g
>> - Drop already applied patches for other features. Only the data source
>> filtering patches remain.
>> - Rebase on latest perf-tools-next
>> - Link to v8: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250901-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v8-0-2e2738f24559@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v8:
>> - Define __spe_vers_imp before it's used
>> - "disable traps to PMSDSFR" -> "disable traps of PMSDSFR to EL2"
>> - Link to v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v7-0-6a743f7fa259@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v7:
>> - Fix typo in docs: s/data_src_filter/inv_data_src_filter/g
>> - Pickup trailers
>> - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250808-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v6-0-6daf498578c8@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v6:
>> - Rebase to resolve conflict with BRBE changes in el2_setup.h
>> - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250721-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v5-0-a7bc533485a1@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v5:
>> - Forgot to pickup tags from v4
>> - Forgot to drop test and review tags on v4 patches that were
>> significantly modified
>> - Update commit message for data source filtering to mention inversion
>> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250721-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v4-0-0a527410f8fd@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v4:
>> - Rewrite "const u64 feat_spe_eft_bits" inline
>> - Invert data source filter so that it's possible to exclude all data
>> sources without adding an additional 'enable filter' flag
>> - Add a macro in el2_setup.h to check for an SPE version
>> - Probe valid filter bits instead of hardcoding them
>> - Take in Leo's commit to expose the filter bits as it depends on the
>> new filter probing
>> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250605-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v3-0-71b0c9f98093@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Use PMSIDR_EL1_FDS instead of 1 << PMSIDR_EL1_FDS_SHIFT
>> - Add VNCR offsets
>> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250529-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v2-0-a01a9baad06a@linaro.org
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Fix detection of FEAT_SPE_FDS in el2_setup.h
>> - Pickup Marc Z's sysreg change instead which matches the json
>> - Restructure and expand docs changes
>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250506-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v1-0-dd480e8e4851@linaro.org
>>
>> ---
>> James Clark (5):
>> perf: Add perf_event_attr::config4
>> perf: arm_spe: Add support for filtering on data source
>> tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/perf_event.h with the kernel sources
>> perf tools: Add support for perf_event_attr::config4
>> perf docs: arm-spe: Document new SPE filtering features
>>
>> drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c | 37 +++++++++++
>> include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 +
>> tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 +
>> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 13 +++-
>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 11 ++++
>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 1 +
>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 +
>> tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 8 +++
>> tools/perf/util/pmu.h | 1 +
>> 10 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> ---
>> base-commit: 081006b7c8e19406dc6674c6b6d086764d415b5c
>> change-id: 20250312-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-66cdf4d8fe99
>>
>> Best regards,
>> --
>> James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
>>
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