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Re: [PATCH V2 19/30] coresight: etb10: implementing the setup_aux() API

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On 19 October 2015 at 07:44, Alexander Shishkin
<alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> writes:
>
>> Adding an ETB10 specific auxiliary area setup operation to be
>> used by the perf framework when events are initialised.
>>
>> Part of this operation involves modeling the mmap'ed area based
>> on the specific ways a sink buffer gathers information.
>
> It really doesn't seem to be ETB10 specific at all. When you add more
> sinks, you'll probably end up copying this code every time.

That will depend on how that specific sinks work, but indeed, it is
pretty generic.

>
> Furthermore,
>
>> +static void *etb_setup_aux(struct coresight_device *csdev, int cpu,
>> +                        void **pages, int nr_pages, bool overwrite)
>> +{
>> +     int node, pg;
>> +     struct cs_buffers *buf;
>> +
>> +     if (cpu == -1)
>> +             cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> +     node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
>> +
>> +     buf = kzalloc_node(offsetof(struct cs_buffers, addr[nr_pages]),
>> +                        GFP_KERNEL, node);
>> +     if (!buf)
>> +             return NULL;
>> +
>> +     buf->snapshot = overwrite;
>> +     buf->nr_pages = nr_pages;
>> +
>> +     /* Record information about buffers */
>> +     for (pg = 0; pg < buf->nr_pages; pg++)
>> +             buf->addr[pg] = pages[pg];
>> +
>> +     return buf;
>> +}
>> +
>
> this one is so generic that I'm tempted to move this into perf's
> ring_buffer code, because by the looks of it we'll need it pretty much
> in every setup_aux().

It is tempting but I suggest we wait to see what kind of trend we get
before moving ahead with this.  There is always opportunity for
further consolidation should the need arise.

>
> Regards,
> --
> Alex
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[PATCH V2 00/30] Coresight integration with perf Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 18/30] coresight: etb10: moving to local atomic operations Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 30/30] perf tools: adding coresight etm PMU record capabilities Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 19/30] coresight: etb10: implementing the setup_aux() API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 19/30] coresight: etb10: implementing the setup_aux() API Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-10-19 15:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V2 19/30] coresight: etb10: implementing the setup_aux() API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-20 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 19/30] coresight: etb10: implementing the setup_aux() API Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-10-20 13:50 +0200
  [PATCH V2 07/30] coresight: etm3x: moving etm_drvdata::enable to atomic field Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 05/30] coresight: etm3x: set progbit to stop trace collection Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-10-19 17:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-20 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-10-20 11:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V2 22/30] coresight: etm-perf: new PMU driver for ETM tracers Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-20 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH V2 25/30] perf tools: adding perf_session to *info_prive_size() Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 10/30] coresight: etm3x: consolidating initial config Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 26/30] perf tools: making source devices path broadly accessible Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 21/30] coresight: etb10: implementing buffer update API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:30 +0200
  [PATCH V2 15/30] coresight: making coresight_build_paths() public Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 08/30] coresight: etm3x: implementing 'cpu_id()' API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 17/30] perf: changing pmu::setup_aux() parameter to include event Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 17/30] perf: changing pmu::setup_aux() parameter to include event Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-10-19 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 06/30] coresight: clearly labeling source operarions Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 12/30] coresight: etm3x: adding perf_get/set_config() API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 03/30] coresight: etm3x: unlocking tracers in default arch init Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 11/30] coresight: etm3x: implementing user/kernel mode tracing Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 09/30] coresight: etm3x: changing default trace configuration Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 01/30] coresight: etm3x: moving etm_readl/writel to header file Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 01/30] coresight: etm3x: moving etm_readl/writel to  header file Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2015-10-19 20:40 +0200
  [PATCH V2 13/30] coresight: etm3x: implementing perf_enable/disable() API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200

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