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| From | Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [RFC PATCH 01/10] arm64: cpufeature: allow for version discrepancy in PMU implementations |
| Date | 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sVBQJ-1Kc-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sVBQJ-1Kc-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Perf already supports multiple PMU instances for heterogeneous systems,
so there's no need to be strict in the cpufeature checking, particularly
as the PMU extension is optional in the architecture.
Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index fdf8f045929f..47d0226620e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64dfr0[] = {
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_CTX_CMPS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_WRPS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64DFR0_BRPS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
- S_ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_SHIFT, 4, 0),
+ /*
+ * We can instantiate multiple PMU instances with different levels
+ * of support.
+ * */
+ S_ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64DFR0_PMUVER_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64DFR0_TRACEVER_SHIFT, 4, 0),
ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64DFR0_DEBUGVER_SHIFT, 4, 0x6),
ARM64_FTR_END,
--
2.1.4
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[RFC PATCH 00/10] Add support for the ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 02/10] arm64: cpufeature: Don't enforce system-wide SPE capability Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 02/10] arm64: cpufeature: Don't enforce system-wide SPE capability Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> - 2017-01-04 12:10 +0100
[RFC PATCH 05/10] genirq: export irq_get_percpu_devid_partition to modules Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 01/10] arm64: cpufeature: allow for version discrepancy in PMU implementations Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] arm64: cpufeature: allow for version discrepancy in PMU implementations Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> - 2017-01-04 11:30 +0100
[RFC PATCH 04/10] arm64: head.S: Enable EL1 (host) access to SPE when entered at EL2 Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-01-04 11:40 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-04 20:20 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-01-05 12:40 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@arm.com> - 2017-01-10 23:10 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-11 13:40 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@arm.com> - 2017-01-11 22:10 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-13 14:40 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2017-01-12 12:40 +0100
[RFC PATCH 07/10] perf: Directly pass PERF_AUX_* flags to perf_aux_output_end Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 03/10] arm64: KVM: Save/restore the host SPE state when entering/leaving a VM Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 10/10] dt-bindings: Document devicetree binding for ARM SPE Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
[RFC PATCH 08/10] perf/core: Add PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION to report colliding samples Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2017-01-03 19:20 +0100
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