[PATCH v2 2/2] soc: qcom: add l2 cache perf events driver

Neil Leeder nleeder at codeaurora.org
Mon Aug 8 12:57:30 PDT 2016



On 8/5/2016 07:15 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Neil Leeder <nleeder at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> Adds perf events support for L2 cache PMU.
>>
>> The L2 cache PMU driver is named 'l2cache_0' and can be used
>> with perf events to profile L2 events such as cache hits
>> and misses.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Leeder <nleeder at codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig               |  10 +
>>  drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile              |   1 +
>>  drivers/soc/qcom/perf_event_l2.c       | 839 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/soc/qcom/perf_event_l2.h |  81 ++++
>>  4 files changed, 931 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/perf_event_l2.c
>>  create mode 100644 include/linux/soc/qcom/perf_event_l2.h
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> index 21ec616..0b5ddb9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ config QCOM_L2_ACCESSORS
>>           Provides support for accessing registers in the L2 cache
>>           for Qualcomm Technologies chips.
>>
>> +config QCOM_PERF_EVENTS_L2
>> +       bool "Qualcomm Technologies L2-cache perf events"
> 
> Since this is a bool, you shouldn't need module.h in your driver or
> any MODULE_<xyz> tags (if there are any).
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul.
> --

You're right - I'll clean up the include list and sort it alphabetically
while I'm at it.

Thanks,
Neil

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