[PATCH v3 0/7] perf arm-spe: Refactor data source encoding

[James Clark]

On 03/10/2024 7:53 pm, Leo Yan wrote:
> As more Arm CPU variants (not only Neoverse CPUs) support data source
> encoding, they share the same format for the data source packet.
> 
> To extend supporting these CPU variants for Arm SPE data source, this
> series refactors the code. It converts the Neoverse specific naming to
> the common naming, and then based on the MIDR stored in the metadata to
> decide if the CPU follows up the common encoding format.
> 
> At the last, it extends CPU list for Neoverse-V2 and Cortex CPUs.
> 
> This patch series is dependent on the metadata version 2 series [1] for
> retrieving CPU MIDR. It has been verified for per CPU mode and per
> thread mode on Cortex-A725 CPUs.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20241003184302.190806-1-leo.yan@arm.com/T/#t
> 
> Changes from v2:
> - Rebased on the latest metadata version 2 series [1].
> 
> Changes from v1:
> - Dropped LDS bit checking in data source parsing.
> 
> 
> Besar Wicaksono (1):
>    perf arm-spe: Add Neoverse-V2 to common data source encoding list
> 
> Leo Yan (6):
>    perf arm-spe: Rename arm_spe__synth_data_source_generic()
>    perf arm-spe: Rename the common data source encoding
>    perf arm-spe: Introduce arm_spe__is_homogeneous()
>    perf arm-spe: Use metadata to decide the data source feature
>    perf arm-spe: Remove the unused 'midr' field
>    perf arm-spe: Add Cortex CPUs to common data source encoding list
> 
>   .../util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-decoder.h    |  18 +--
>   tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c                     | 135 +++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>