[PATCH v4] ARM: perf: save/restore pmu registers in pm notifier

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Mon Oct 20 02:41:22 PDT 2014


On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:16:16AM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> On 20/10/14 09:46, Neil Zhang wrote:
>> > Will, I prefer to check always-on field under PMU node to check
>> > whether we need Save/restore them.
>> >
>> But how do you handle it for different idle states. e.g. if CPU is in
>> retention, PMU's *might be* retained. Also I don't think PMUs will be
>> placed in "always-on" power domain like timers. So using "always-on"
>> sounds incorrect to me.
>
> Adding Mathieu to CC, since I spoke to him at LPC about this and he was
> talking about implementing proper PM domain descriptions for coresight
> components.

Good to hear that!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert (who skipped LPC)

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