Re: [V6,1/9] elf: Add new powerpc specifc core note sections

2015-02-06 Thread Ulrich Weigand
Michael Neuling wrote on 28.01.2015 05:28:09: > Sorry, I'm rethinking this as we didn't consider user suspended > transactions. > > It makes sense for normal transactions but for user suspended > transactions the running values are the ones you want to modify since > that is where you'll end up r

Re: [PATCH RFC] Update kernel math-emu code from current glibc soft-fp

2015-02-06 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 02/06/15 09:25, Joseph Myers wrote: > At this point this patch is an RFC rather than yet being ready for > inclusion, because I've only tested it for powerpc (both e500 and > emulation of classic hard float); it's quite likely there are bugs in > the changes for other architectures, quite possib

Re: [PATCH RFC] Update kernel math-emu code from current glibc soft-fp

2015-02-06 Thread Joseph Myers
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 02/06/15 09:25, Joseph Myers wrote: > > At this point this patch is an RFC rather than yet being ready for > > inclusion, because I've only tested it for powerpc (both e500 and > > emulation of classic hard float); it's quite likely there are bugs in >

[PATCH 3/3] perf/doc: Update perf_event_attr struct

2015-02-06 Thread Tom Huynh
Update the fields in perf_event_attr as currently seen in include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h Remove outdated comments on the config field The doc has not account for commit a21ca2cac582 ("perf_counter: Separate out attr->type from attr->config"). Signed-off-by: Tom Huynh --- tools/

[PATCH 1/3] perf/e6500: Make event translations available in sysfs

2015-02-06 Thread Tom Huynh
Make the perf events in e6500 available via sysfs. $ ls /sys/devices/cpu/events/ branch-instructions branch-misses cache-misses cpu-cycles instructions FSL_0_INST_CMPL FSL_1_INST_CMPL ... $ cat /sys/devices/cpu/events

[PATCH 0/3] Add e6500 perf events to sysfs and update perf doc

2015-02-06 Thread Tom Huynh
This patch set adds generic events, specific events, and format attribute for the e6500 pmu to sysfs. This makes perf more convenient to use on the e6500 by allowing the users to see all supported events and specify events using meaningful names instead of raw event codes. This patchset includes s

[PATCH 2/3] perf/e6500: Create a sysfs format entry for e6500 events

2015-02-06 Thread Tom Huynh
Create a sysfs entry, '/sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/event' which describes the format of the e6500 PMU events. e6500 has <= 512 events, so use the 9 lsb to specify the raw event code. $ cat /sys/devices/cpu/format/event config:0-8 Similar to commit 3bf7b07ece6e ("perf/