On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 09:58:09PM +0100, Drew Richardson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 01:15:23AM +0100, Drew Richardson wrote: > > Add additional information about hardware events to make counters self > > describing. This makes the hardware PMUs easier to use as perf list > > contains the possible events instead of users having to refer to > > documentation like the ARM TRMs. This could also allow tools like > > oprofile to support PMUs without requiring an update. > > > > Signed-off-by: Drew Richardson <[email protected]> > > --- > > arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 1 + > > arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c | 617 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 618 insertions(+) > > Any concerns with merging this?
We should revisit this after the merge window (since the ARM perf code is moving out to drivers/), but I do have reservations about putting all these strings into the kernel. Why can't we put this into something like libpfm instead? Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
