[PATCH 0/4] perf vendor events arm64: Some tidy-up/refactoring

[John Garry]

On 25/01/2021 11:53, John Garry wrote:

+ Missed reviewers for 
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1611575600-2440-1-git-send-email-john.garry@huawei.com/T/#u

> There is much event duplication in the common and uarch events for A76
> and Ampere eMag support, so factor out into a common JSON.
> 
> Since the wording for events may differ between CPU datasheet and
> the architecture reference manual, the current wording is kept. This
> is unless there are minor differences. In addition, event names are
> renamed to be same as architecture reference manual, to keep commonality.
> 
> Also a minor fix is included for the Ampere eMag JSON.
> 
> John Garry (4):
>    perf vendor events arm64: Fix Ampere eMag event typo
>    perf vendor events arm64: Add common and uarch event JSON
>    perf vendor events arm64: Reference common and uarch events for Ampere
>      eMag
>    perf vendor events arm64: Reference common and uarch events for A76
> 
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/branch.json        |   8 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/bus.json           |   5 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/cache.json         |  58 +---
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/clock.json         |   4 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/exception.json     |  10 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/instruction.json   |  34 +--
>   .../arch/arm64/ampere/emag/memory.json        |  11 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/branch.json  |  12 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/bus.json     |  19 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/cache.json   | 118 +++------
>   .../arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/exception.json    |  10 +-
>   .../arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/instruction.json  |  45 +---
>   .../arch/arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/memory.json  |   6 +-
>   .../arch/arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/other.json   |   4 +-
>   .../arm64/arm/cortex-a76-n1/pipeline.json     |  12 +-
>   .../arm64/armv8-common-and-microarch.json     | 248 ++++++++++++++++++
>   16 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 248 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/armv8-common-and-microarch.json
>