[PATCH] perf: fix comments in PERF_MEM_LVL bitmask

Stephane Eranian
2013-04-05T14:49:39Z

This small patch fixes a mistake in the comments
for the PERF_MEM_LVL_* events. The L2, L3 bits simply
represent cache levels, not hits or misses. That is
encoded in PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS/PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 964a450..fb104e5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS 0x04 /* miss level */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L1 0x08 /* L1 */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_LFB 0x10 /* Line Fill Buffer */
-#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L2 0x20 /* L2 hit */
-#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L3 0x40 /* L3 hit */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L2 0x20 /* L2 */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L3 0x40 /* L3 */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_LOC_RAM 0x80 /* Local DRAM */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_RAM1 0x100 /* Remote DRAM (1 hop) */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_RAM2 0x200 /* Remote DRAM (2 hops) */