Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf kvm: Use defines of kvm events

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 7/7/14, 8:06 AM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> On 03/07/14 16:29, Alexander Yarygin wrote:
>> Currently perf-kvm uses string literals for kvm event names,
>> but it works only for x86, because other architectures may have
>> other names for those events.
>>
>> To reduce dependence on architecture, we add <asm/kvm_perf.h> file with
>> defines for:
>> - kvm_entry and kvm_exit events,
>> - exit reason field name in kvm_exit event,
>> - length of exit reasons strings,
>> - vcpu_id field name in kvm trace events,
>>
>> and replace literals in perf-kvm.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Yarygin <yarygin@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
>
> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
> Would be good if Paolo and David could ack the KVM/perf parts. Then this should also go into next merge window.

I want to try out the patches on x86 and verify compiles on ppc; 
hopefully by end of day tomorrow.

David