Re: [PATCH] powerpc/perf: Use strstarts() to simplify is_thread_imc_pmu()

[Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>]

> On 4 Jul 2026, at 5:43 PM, Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> Replace the open-coded implementation with strstarts() to simplify
> is_thread_imc_pmu().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
> index e3822f36c419..1d2db6d3e226 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
> @@ -1023,10 +1023,7 @@ static int thread_imc_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> 
> static bool is_thread_imc_pmu(struct perf_event *event)
> {
> - if (!strncmp(event->pmu->name, "thread_imc", strlen("thread_imc")))
> - return true;
> -
> - return false;
> + return strstarts(event->pmu->name, "thread_imc");
> }
> 

Reviewed-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks
Athira

> static __be64 *get_event_base_addr(struct perf_event *event)
> 
>