[PATCH v6 4/4] perf vendor events arm64: Add ThunderX2 implementation defined pmu core events

[will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 02:47:30PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> Shaokun,
> 
> On 29.08.17 17:26:00, Zhangshaokun wrote:
> > On 2017/8/24 20:03, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
> > > This is not a full event list, but a short list of useful events.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <ganapatrao.kulkarni@cavium.com>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv       | 15 ++++++
> > >  .../arm64/thunderx2/implementation-defined.json    | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv
> > >  create mode 100644 tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/thunderx2/implementation-defined.json
> > > 
> > 
> > I saw you also used thunderx2 in tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/, how about John's suggestion
> > that would use vendor sub-folder?
> > Of course, appreciate maintainer's comments.
> 
> this would just add another level of subdirectories. I rather would
> prefer to have a per platform dir comparable to what is listed in
> 
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> 
> This is the same as Ganapat has implemented it.

FWIW, I agree with Zhangshaokun here that a silicon vendor subdirectory
would organise things better. It also matches what we do for
arch/arm64/boot/dts/

Will