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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: kan.liang@linux.intel.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	eranian@google.com, namhyung@kernel.org, acme@kernel.org,
	jolsa@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf: Create a symlink for a PMU
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:19:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YNVneO6exCS4ETRt@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <29d5f315-578f-103c-9523-ae890e29c7e7@linux.intel.com>

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:28:36AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But a driver does not caer.  And if perf does not care, who cares?
> 
> The users who write scripts that specify the perf events on the perf command
> line.

Great, then as you have deemed the device name part of your documented
api, then keep it stable as that is what you decided to do a long time
ago when it was created.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-25  5:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-24  1:22 [PATCH 0/7] perf: Add Sapphire Rapids server uncore support kan.liang
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 1/7] driver core: Add a way to get to bus devices kset kan.liang
2021-06-24  5:41   ` Greg KH
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 2/7] perf: Create a symlink for a PMU kan.liang
2021-06-24  5:48   ` Greg KH
2021-06-24 14:24     ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-24 14:29       ` Greg KH
2021-06-24 15:24         ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-24 15:31           ` Greg KH
2021-06-24 17:07             ` Liang, Kan
2021-06-24 17:35               ` Greg KH
2021-06-24 17:49                 ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-25  5:18                   ` Greg KH
2021-06-25  5:17               ` Greg KH
2021-06-24 17:28             ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-25  5:19               ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-06-25 14:22                 ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-25 14:38                   ` Greg KH
2021-06-25 14:49                     ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-25 15:03                       ` Liang, Kan
2021-06-25 15:44                         ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-25 15:57                           ` Liang, Kan
2021-06-25 16:18                             ` Liang, Kan
2021-06-27 11:02                       ` Greg KH
2021-06-27 16:30                         ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-28  6:55                           ` Greg KH
2021-06-28 15:00                             ` Andi Kleen
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 3/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Create a symlink for an uncore PMU kan.liang
2021-06-24  5:44   ` Greg KH
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 4/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add Sapphire Rapids server support kan.liang
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 5/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Factor out snr_uncore_mmio_map() kan.liang
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 6/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Support free-running counters on Sapphire Rapids server kan.liang
2021-06-24  1:22 ` [PATCH 7/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix invalid unit check kan.liang

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