From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pawel.moll@arm.com (Pawel Moll) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:20:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v5 2/2] arm: perf: Add event descriptions In-Reply-To: <20151015151506.GC18965@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> References: <20151007182735.GA18706@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> <20151009101338.GH26278@arm.com> <20151009165330.GA22415@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> <20151012143025.GG16124@arm.com> <20151012181037.GA16013@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> <20151013153644.GC18121@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> <20151015132111.GD29301@arm.com> <20151015151506.GC18965@dreric01-gentoo.localdomain> Message-ID: <1444922437.2220.8.camel@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 08:15 -0700, Drew Richardson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 02:21:12PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 08:36:45AM -0700, Drew Richardson wrote: > > > Add additional information about the ARM architected hardware events > > > to make counters self describing. This makes the hardware PMUs easier > > > to use as perf list contains possible events instead of users having > > > to refer to documentation like the ARM TRMs. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Drew Richardson > > > --- > > > arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c | 1 + > > > 2 files changed, 122 insertions(+) > > > > [...] > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c > > > index 2365a32a595e..e933d2dd71c0 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c > > > +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c > > > @@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ static void armpmu_init(struct arm_pmu *armpmu) > > > .stop = armpmu_stop, > > > .read = armpmu_read, > > > .filter_match = armpmu_filter_match, > > > + .attr_groups = armpmu->pmu.attr_groups, > > > > I don't understand this hunk. What's it doing? > > I'm not 100% clear either on what it's doing. But without this line > the attr_groups don't get passed on and I don't see them on my TC2. I > debugged the issue down to this but it may not be the proper way to > solve the problem. The perf core creates attributes passed as pmu.attr_groups in /sys/bus/events/devices/. Pawel