[PATCH v3 4/5] arm64/perf: Enable PMCR long cycle counter bit

[Jan Glauber]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 07:55:29PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 06:11:59PM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote:
> > @@ -768,8 +776,11 @@ static void armv8pmu_reset(void *info)
> >  		armv8pmu_disable_intens(idx);
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	/* Initialize & Reset PMNC: C and P bits. */
> > -	armv8pmu_pmcr_write(ARMV8_PMCR_P | ARMV8_PMCR_C);
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Initialize & Reset PMNC. Request overflow on 64 bit but
> > +	 * cheat in armv8pmu_write_counter().
> 
> Can you expand the comment to mention that the 64-bit overflow is only
> for the cycle counter, please?

OK, how about:

/*
 * Initialize & Reset PMNC. Request overflow interrupt for
 * 64 bit cycle counter but cheat in armv8pmu_write_counter().
 */

Jan

> Will