[External] Re: [PATCH] perf/dwc_pcie: fix duplicate pci_dev devices

[Will Deacon]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 05:11:05PM +0800, yunhui cui wrote:
> > >>>        vsec = dwc_pcie_des_cap(pdev);
> > >>>        if (!vsec)
> > >>>                return -ENODEV;
> > >>>
> > >>>        sbdf = plat_dev->id;
> > >>> -     name = devm_kasprintf(&plat_dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "dwc_rootport_%x", sbdf);
> > >>> +     name = devm_kasprintf(&plat_dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "dwc_rootport_%d_pmu", sbdf);
> > >>
> > >> A new name will break previous user tools.
> > > This name isn't suitable. It can't clearly show which is the PMU
> > > device. Userspace tools don't have binding relationships, like perf.
> > > Tools must traverse PMU devices before use.
> >
> > The device is under /sys/bus/event_source/ which indates it is PMU device.
> > As far as I know, most of PMU devices do not endup with a '_pmu' prefix.
> 
> The point is the name "dwc_rootport_" is misleading, suggesting an
> extra PCIE RP in the system. Best to change the name to intuitive
> "xx_pmu".

As pointed out above, changing the name will break userspace. So it's
simply not an option, sorry.

Will