Re: [PATCH 0/4] perf, amd: Enable AMD family 15h northbridge counters

[Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>]

On 09.11.12 19:01:34, Jacob Shin wrote:
> The following patchset enables 4 additional performance counters in
> AMD family 15h processors that counts northbridge events -- such as
> DRAM accesses.
> 
> This patchset is based on previous work done by Robert Richter
> <rric@kernel.org> :
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/19/324

The original patch set of this is here (a rebased version):

 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/perf-nb

This code was tested in detail.

> The main differences are:
> 
> - The northbridge counters are indexed contiguously right above the
>   core performance counters.
> 
> - MSR address offset calculations are moved to architecture specific
>   files.
> 
> - Interrups are set up to be delivered only to a single core.

So I rather suggest to make delta patches on top of my patches.

Peter's main concerns were that my patch set is not in the
Intel-uncore style. I started reworking this but was not able to
finish my work. This concerns still exist.

Due to the current situation I would rather prefer to create a
tip:perf/amd-nb branch that includes my patches and then add all
further necessary steps for mainline acceptance on top of it.

Thanks,

-Robert