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Message-ID: <CAJpZYjUwE1E=2+zTmSFJFViaM9oC+abby+86uVC0hbFaMwc-SQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:33:08 -0800
From: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>
To: Zide Chen <zide.chen@...el.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, 
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Eranian Stephane <eranian@...gle.com>, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, 
	Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@...el.com>, 
	Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Remove extra double quote mark

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM Zide Chen <zide.chen@...el.com> wrote:
>
> The third argument in INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC() is subject to
> __stringify(), and the extra double quote marks can result in the
> expansion "3.814697266e-6" in the sysfs knobs, instead of
> 3.814697266e-6.
>
> This is incorrect, though it may still work for perf, e.g.
> perf stat -e uncore_iio_free_running_0/bw_in_port0/
>
> Fixes: d8987048f665 ("perf/x86/intel/uncore: Support IIO free-running counters on DMR")
> Reported-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251231224233.113839-1-zide.chen@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>

Thanks for the fix!

-CT

> ---
>  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c | 48 ++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
> index 7ca0429c4004..3b6b4bd4793a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
> @@ -6909,34 +6909,34 @@ static struct freerunning_counters dmr_iio_freerunning[] = {
>
>  static struct uncore_event_desc dmr_uncore_iio_freerunning_events[] = {
>         /*  ITC Free Running Data BW counter for inbound traffic */
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port0, 0x10, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port1, 0x11, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port2, 0x12, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port3, 0x13, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port4, 0x14, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port5, 0x15, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port6, 0x16, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port7, 0x17, "3.814697266e-6"),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port0, 0x10, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port1, 0x11, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port2, 0x12, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port3, 0x13, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port4, 0x14, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port5, 0x15, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port6, 0x16, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(inb_data_port7, 0x17, 3.814697266e-6),
>
>         /*  ITC Free Running BW IN counters */
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port0, 0x20, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port1, 0x21, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port2, 0x22, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port3, 0x23, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port4, 0x24, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port5, 0x25, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port6, 0x26, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port7, 0x27, "3.814697266e-6"),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port0, 0x20, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port1, 0x21, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port2, 0x22, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port3, 0x23, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port4, 0x24, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port5, 0x25, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port6, 0x26, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_in_port7, 0x27, 3.814697266e-6),
>
>         /*  ITC Free Running BW OUT counters */
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port0, 0x30, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port1, 0x31, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port2, 0x32, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port3, 0x33, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port4, 0x34, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port5, 0x35, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port6, 0x36, "3.814697266e-6"),
> -       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port7, 0x37, "3.814697266e-6"),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port0, 0x30, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port1, 0x31, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port2, 0x32, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port3, 0x33, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port4, 0x34, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port5, 0x35, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port6, 0x36, 3.814697266e-6),
> +       INTEL_UNCORE_FR_EVENT_DESC(bw_out_port7, 0x37, 3.814697266e-6),
>
>         /* Free Running Clock Counter */
>         INTEL_UNCORE_EVENT_DESC(clockticks, "event=0xff,umask=0x40"),
> --
> 2.52.0
>

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