[PATCH v6 0/4] StarFive's StarLink PMU Support

[Will Deacon]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 05:51:37PM +0800, Ji Sheng Teoh wrote:
> This patch series adds support for StarFive's Starlink Performance
> Monitor Unit(PMU).
> StarFive's StarLink PMU integrates one or more CPU cores with
> a shared L3 memory system. The PMU supports overflow interrupt,
> up to 16 programmable 64bit event counters, and an independent
> 64bit cycle counter.
> StarLink PMU is accessed via MMIO.
> 
> Example Perf stat output:
> [root at user]# perf stat -a -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/cycles/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/read_miss/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/read_hit/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/release_request/  \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/write_hit/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/write_miss/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/write_request/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/writeback/ \
>         -e /starfive_starlink_pmu/read_request/ \
>         -- openssl speed rsa2048
> Doing 2048 bits private rsa's for 10s: 5 2048 bits private RSA's in
> 2.84s
> Doing 2048 bits public rsa's for 10s: 169 2048 bits public RSA's in
> 2.42s
> version: 3.0.11
> built on: Tue Sep 19 13:02:31 2023 UTC
> options: bn(64,64)
> CPUINFO: N/A
>                   sign    verify    sign/s verify/s
> rsa 2048 bits 0.568000s 0.014320s      1.8     69.8
> /////////
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>          649991998      starfive_starlink_pmu/cycles/
>            1009690      starfive_starlink_pmu/read_miss/
>            1079750      starfive_starlink_pmu/read_hit/
>            2089405      starfive_starlink_pmu/release_request/
>                129      starfive_starlink_pmu/write_hit/
>                 70      starfive_starlink_pmu/write_miss/
>                194      starfive_starlink_pmu/write_request/
>             150080      starfive_starlink_pmu/writeback/
>            2089423      starfive_starlink_pmu/read_request/
> 
>       27.062755678 seconds time elapsed
> 
> Ji Sheng Teoh (4):
>   perf: starfive: Add StarLink PMU support
>   dt-bindings: perf: starfive: Add JH8100 StarLink PMU
>   docs: perf: Add description for StarFive's StarLink PMU
>   MAINTAINERS: Add entry for StarFive StarLink PMU
> 
>  Documentation/admin-guide/perf/index.rst      |   1 +
>  .../perf/starfive_starlink_pmu.rst            |  46 ++
>  .../perf/starfive,jh8100-starlink-pmu.yaml    |  46 ++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   7 +
>  drivers/perf/Kconfig                          |   9 +
>  drivers/perf/Makefile                         |   1 +
>  drivers/perf/starfive_starlink_pmu.c          | 643 ++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 753 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/perf/starfive_starlink_pmu.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/starfive,jh8100-starlink-pmu.yaml
>  create mode 100644 drivers/perf/starfive_starlink_pmu.c

Palmer, are you ok with me taking this via the perf tree? I usually
leave the Risc-V stuff for you, but this one doesn't touch the arch code
at all.

Cheers,

Will